Day: February 9, 2011

Re-Manifesto IFRL-TLC-Scenery-federico-beccari-62960-unsplash

Re-Manifesto

Burt Likko February 9, 2011

Note: Burt Likko is writing the first of what we hope will be several reader “sub-blogs” hosted...

The Glorious Cause IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.moonrise-over-the-sea

The Glorious Cause

Will February 9, 2011

Below, J. L. Wall suggests that Rooster Cogburn’s character arc in True Grit is basically redemptive. I’m...

More True Grit IFRL-Plague-Statue

More True Grit

J.L. Wall February 9, 2011

The New York Review of Books blog discusses all three versions of True Grit (but mainly the...

Heteronormativity is relative IFRL-Mindiv-GAPD-altesnational.flute-concert-with-frederick-the-great-in-sanssouci

Heteronormativity is relative

Will February 9, 2011

“In China, Alpha Males Carry Designer Purses.“

Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025...just made a raging anti-Semite a refugee to the United States By that Logic we can "prove" that B…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Adding to Saul's link, multiple Trump officials linked to anti-Semitic extremists: https://www.npr.o…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025The admin that takes anti-Semitism seriously (allegedly) just made a raging anti-Semite a refugee to…
InMD in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025I think Jay is right about this though. If you're going to get rid of him do it for that reason, not…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025The mistake was hiring him. He's doing things which are NOT compatible with his current job/role nor…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Syria is complex but my impression is the US backed groups aren't in charge. The big group that did…
Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Any given special-interest group has concerns that are serious and legitimate and, unfortunately, so…
Philip H on American Foreign Policy Drive-by: Houthis and the Blowfish EditionAs with so much of this administrations work, performative war works for people with short attention…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025"It’s not related to his arguments that we should primary useless Democrats in safe seats. It’s beca…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025And, to be perfectly honest, removing Hogg from his seat not because "you can't sabotage Dems in goo…