Monthly Archive: October 2010

Prop 19

Writing over at The Corner, Kevin Williamson points to the No on Proposition 19 campaign’s website, which has the following statement beneath the picture of a smashed up school bus: On average, a drunk...

QOTD

Responding to Barrett’s attack on all things related to NRO’s The Corner, and particularly the portion dealing with K-Lo, the mysterious FLG (ordinarily the League’s bête noire) writes: FLG maintains that nobody likes clowns....

Turnabout

Can someone explain this to me? Maybe start with general principles of fairness in election law, and then work your way up — or down — to this? Colorado Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes’...

A Poem for Sunday

Smoke Smoke has been the sign of human settlement ever since Prometheus’ defiant act, ever since people settled down to roasting, torching, scorching and cremating, ever since human history began its smoldering. The pale...

Anomie Domine

“You know what keeps me up at nights?” asked the Capitalist. “Watching the Nikkei 225?” replied the Cynic. “Anomie,” said the Capitalist. “Even you feel anomie?” asked the Stoic. “I’d never have guessed.” “Oh...