Day: January 17, 2012

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Batman and Civil Society

Erik Kain January 17, 2012

I have a long-ish post up at Forbes that the comic-book lovers among you, and those of you...

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Grimly Dark Humor Places

Patrick January 17, 2012

It’s a sign that I am in a godawful weird place that this headline made me laugh...

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Comment Rescue: Stereotypes

Patrick January 17, 2012

Joey Jo Jo says in two comments: In my opinion, some stereotypes are cheered here (including heroic...

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Ron Paul and American liberalism

Shawn Gude January 17, 2012

If you were hoping for Ron Paul’s swift exit from the spotlight, you’re out of luck. With...

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Hobbes: Authority

Christopher Carr January 17, 2012

Since Rufus and Jason have covered Hobbes in such excellent detail thus far, my contribution to this...

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Crocodile Tears for Gay Conservatives

Jason Kuznicki January 17, 2012

Over at Daily Caller, Lisa De Pasquale frets about the sad fate of gay conservatives: Everyone from...

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Forget Citizens United, the real corporate money is Big Media and the revolving door

Erik Kain January 17, 2012

That’s the basic premise of my latest piece in The Atlantic: In a 5-4 decision in January...

Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…
KenB in reply to Dark Matter on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftLet me add my voice to the choir -- thanks much Will for carving out a chunk of your vacation for us…
KenB in reply to Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightIt's been so long since I played that I had to google them -- and yes, I hated that battle. I believ…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointI think you're letting Texas and Florida overwhelm your opinion. A number of the other states in the…
Michael Cain in reply to Andrew Donaldson on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftI have made myself a terrible person to have opinions about appearance things like gray-on-gray or v…
Michael Cain on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftAs I've mentioned before, WordPress has managed to recreate all of the worst aspects of Windows 95 f…
Michael Cain in reply to Andrew Donaldson on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftAfter a relatively long absence, their pattern has changed somewhat. Working on recognizing it...
Andrew Donaldson on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftA side note that probably only interests me, but outside from our legendary comments stalker needing…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftThat exactly. Well done.
Dark Matter in reply to DavidTC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Very true, that's why I said "normally illegal". That University didn't want to support Jews against…