‘Shampoo’ by Elvis Perkins It’s not exactly Bach or whatever, but damn I love the music being...
Month: August 2011
My longish answers to some thoughtful questions, below the fold.
Conor Friedersdorf posts this video of radical conservative Bryan Fischer: Conor writes: In the clip above, Bryan...
Despite what many GOP contenders for the 2012 presidential nomination say, the Earth really is heating up,...
~by Shawn Gude We’re in rather unpropitious times for left-libertarian bridge-building. I don’t take glee in making...
~by Ryan B. Lots of spoilers for the whole series, up to and including A Dance with...
This time it’s Michael Lind, and the charge is that libertarians are really just fascists in disguise....
People have been giving attention to David Brooks’ latest column. This is good, because I have a...
So I support unions, even government unions, because in the system we have there is no reason...
Glenn Greenwald’s at it again, needling liberal pundits for their, shall we say, dexterity in defending the...
Since I have been called a “fake liberal” recently, I thought I’d delve into the subject once...
This old Sady Doyle post at The Awl helps me understand better where I think she’s coming...
How does evil get into the world? Where does it come from? Why is it here? For...
From Michael Shermer’s new book The Believing Brain: During the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, while...
Just to keep everyone in the loop on the latest controversy surrounding yours truly, I have a...
…I am also, apparently, a terrible racist. Lessons in reading comprehension 101 notwithstanding. (P.S. in case any...
(Note: This post began as a comment to Tim’s post this morning, grew into a full-fledged response,...
I am Professor Feminism. Hear me roar. (Seriously, I feel like a goddamned super villain. How’s them...
Alyssa has the best response up yet to Sady Doyle’s critique of George R. R. Martin. I...
Neal Gabler has a piece just brimming over with nostalgia in the New York Times. Here’s his...
