“The sheriff is pitching this story about pot-laced candy. They’re acting as if it’s a bad thing.”
Overheard in the Newsroom makes me want to be a real journalist.
Monthly Archive: November 2010
NPR’s Rural Listeners
The League’s own Matthew Schmitz has a nice post on rural radio at First Thoughts.
Western Culture Is So Wonderful
A dialogue for Erik. “So, do you think western culture is superior to Islam?” “No, that would be bigoted. I would never think one culture was superior to another.” “Are you familiar with revealed...
A mediocre defense of private prisons for children
Krikorian begins a blog post at National Review by noting that he is personally fond of NPR and then proceeds to lead us into a den of madness and degeneracy.
Clash of Civilizations
Ta-Nehisi Coates posts the below video, writing: I don’t even know what to say anymore. It’s officially fine to be bigoted toward Muslims. The panel (rather politely) dissented. I guess that’s a good thing....
The Worst Argument against Prop 19
Probably the weakest argument against Prop 19 — aside from those that are actually dishonest — is that its system of taxes and regulations might not turn out to be that great: [T]he law...
Another Undeclared War
Spencer Ackerman’s latest piece for Wired is pretty chilling. Especially this part: White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan didn’t say it on the Sunday chat shows, but there’s a plan gaining momentum within the...
Pro-Obama Libertarians Remember 2008
Ronald Bailey gives us this thought for the day: I voted for Obama to punish Republicans for their terrible policies under Bush. On the surface my vote worked since the Republicans are now at...
In Which I Cash My Predictability Chips
Now, I’ll admit that as cosmotarian technophile post-Randian foreign policy doves with a soft spot for mutualism go, I’m pretty predictable. But this made me sit up and take notice. Maybe it’ll do the...
Rally to restore Irony
Will Wilkinson writes that Peter Beinart’s critique of Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity “cuts deep…when he observes that the focus on ‘sanity’ is demeaning to the tea-party movement and its sympathisers, and reflects...
From the Department of Surprising Endorsements
Buffalo Bills legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas is not only a supporter of Carl Paladino, but is actively campaigning on Paladino’s behalf, apparently being used to (amateurishly) deflect charges that...
Something to consider
Today, perhaps a million people will be approached by some unknown entity which will attempt to engage them in written correspondence with the purpose of selling them something or perhaps even defrauding them outright...
War as stimulus
Oh my: Here is where Obama is likely to prevail. With strong Republican support in Congress for challenging Iran’s ambition to become a nuclear power, he can spend much of 2011 and 2012 orchestrating...
Carson’s Rejoinder to Kuznicki
by Kevin Carson I read, with appreciation, Jason Kuznicki’s thoughtful review of my book Studies in Mutual Political Economy. He begins my noting that the book is, as the title suggests, a series of studies rather...
In Defense of Hypocrisy
Since attention, good and bad, is exactly what Gawker was looking for when they started sniffing around Christine O’Donnell’s dirty laundry, I’m hesitant to reward them with more of it. But I do want...
