The Republican sweep of the House of Representatives is enough a triumph in its own right, but...
Year: 2010
A few weeks ago, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, a possible dark-horse candidate for the 2012 GOP presidential...
Interested in running? No? Read this New Yorker article about the United States’ marathon men anyway.
Via Jeffrey Goldberg comes a remarkably useful tool: the Pamela Geller Shrieking Harpy Rant Generator. I hereby...
The Food and Drug Administration will rule that caffeine is an unsafe substance to add to alcoholic...
There are many things that can be said about this incredibly depressing article – written by a...
Arizona has legalized medical marijuana, joining fifteen other states across the country that allow marijuana use for...
Seriously, I thought the Republicans were supposed to be protecting us from terrorists, cost what it may....
Credit: Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing (H/T Mona via Thoreau)
One of the concerns expressed in the intense negotiations over our merger (I jest) was whether the...
J.L.’s discussion of American exceptionalism last week was really spot-on. Placing American greatness within its proper historical...
Relating back to my first post, it depends on what test one uses. Obama calls himself a...
The manner in which I depicted Nerva in the latter of the two bizarre pieces of nonsense...
I notice it’s okay to take music breaks on this blog. Since I have a degree in...
Over at Commentary’s website, some person named J. E. Dyer opens a discussion on the Israeli settlement...
So claims Jeff MacGregor in a fascinating series of notes on Derek Jeter, baseball, the beautiful, the...
Nerva: Your manservent awoke me in such a state of distress that I almost suspected to find...
I was going to write up a parody ad for whatever it is that Apple is launching...
Jacob Sullum writes: Every alcoholic beverage is “potentially hazardous,” and none will ever be proven “safe,”… But...
