Daily Archive: November 9, 2010

Her twin flame Michael will merely be here for mop-up.

Or so thinks the anti-anti-exceptionalist right.  Others (well, mostly just Larison) have already done a good deal of talking about American exceptionalism and Republican rhetoric of late, so I’m going to be brief.  Andrew notes...

(Update Below) A missile was fired off the coast of California. CBS repeatedly referred to it as a “mystery missile” and bothered the ambassador of NATO about it, with moderately comic results: “It’s spectacular…...

I’m very pleased to see that the fight against fast cycling, spandex, helmets, thin seats, and other automotive-like cyclalia has taken on a religious dimension.

Well, I’ve changed the formatting again and I plan to continue to tinker. I very much appreciate all the feedback over the last couple of days so please do keep it coming. Also, if...

No compromises on extending the Bush tax cuts, even if that means they expire completely and taxes go up considerably.  After all, it’s still the case that “there’s only going to be one person...

I’d like to read some Kierkegaard. But I’m terrified of Either/Or. It’s just so… huge. I know I might ask the impossible, but can anyone recommend another of Kierkegaard’s texts as a good starting...