Monthly Archive: November 2010

Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others. — Groucho Marx When I was young, politics was easier to understand. Liberals let you live as you please in return for...

The good news: a promising new HIV prophylaxis regime. I’m not really up on HIV treatments, but I understand that antiretrovirals are pretty harsh on the body all by themselves. Taking them every day...

In a recent post, E.D. Kain ponders the issue of labels, particularly self-labeling. I would just note that the self-labeling acrobatics in question are not merely to find an appropriate label for myself, but...

I think I can one up my co-blogger’s latest post on religious goofery. Perhaps Palin/Bachmann might look to Robert Tilton for spiritual inspiration. This is Bob before he developed his flatulence problem. It’s a...

Gives Buddy Rich a run for his money.

From our commenter, who is also a co-blogger at my other group blog. Worth a read. Here. A taste:

I’m not talented enough to have been in his band. But were I, I doubt I’d stand for this.

… it was the WASPs that kept such people as Palin/Bachmann spiritual advisor Lou Engles away from the levers of power. Back in the day, they used to let Billy Graham come into the...

Here’s an example of prose written in what I call the ‘bullying nerd’ voice. Not up-to-date on all the new gadgets? Well, get with it Grandpa! Your way of life is over! Ever wonder why some...

Due respect to Andrew Sullivan, but this is overparsing: The other untruth is that I have “advance[d] conspiracy theories that she is not the biological mother of Trig.” I would ask Labash to explain...

Newly elected U.S. Representative Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit) thinks; To be effective in Congress, it is not knowing the ways of Washington. It’s knowing the ways of people who are struggling right now, knowing what...

This takes place circa 1982. Two members of Kansas, one of my favorite bands, became born again Christians and were featured on The 700 Club. Bassist Dave Hope admitted he spent $40,000 on cocaine...

At Crooked Timber, John Holbo considers whether the Social Security Trust Fund (legally, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund) exists or not. And like Yglesias, whose response to a Planet Money podcast...

I’m sorry, but look at this WASP shit. We’ve got King WASP and Queen WASP of the WASP dynasty sitting here buzz buzz buzzing their WASP perspective to some emissary of Greater Non-WASPdom. Thank...

I wanted to write a follow up to Mr. Ridgely’s post about meaning of terms as it relates to the Christian Nation controversy. When I first began this inquiry about seven years ago, I...

There are many arguments against gay marriage, some harder to deal with than others. One that strikes me extremely shallow is gays already have an equal right to marry — someone of the opposite...