Monthly Archive: June 2012

Jersey’s Boss and The Boss [UPDATED]

Love or hate Jeffrey Goldberg’s politics, he’s an unbelievably good writer.  Love or hate Chris Christie’s politics, no one would say that he’s uninteresting.  Love or hate Bruce Springsteen’s politics, no one with a...

Remembering Andrew Sarris

Sad news. One of my favorite professors from my undergraduate days, Andrew Sarris, has died. I think Pauline Kael has ended up much more widely known, but Sarris’s reviews from back in the day were...

“DREAM By Fiat’s” Limited Practical Effect

In the comments to my post yesterday, my Right Honourable Friend Tom Van Dyke is arguing that, regardless of whether last week’s directive is technically constitutional and within the scope of the Executive’s powers...

Peter Singer Is Wrong

The famed bioethicist nods in approval at a Dutch politician’s assertion that animal rights trump religious freedom.  This was occasioned by ongoing attempts in the Netherlands to ban traditional Jewish and Muslim practices of animal slaughter....

He Needed Killin’

Grand jury returns no charges. SHINER, Texas (HuffPo/AP) — Hearing his 5-year-old daughter crying from behind a barn, a father ran and discovered the unthinkable: A man molesting her. The father pulled the man...

What I Learned About The War Of 1812

I propose this as a collaborative post; I invite all the Front Pagers to add to this article as they see fit. Especially Jonathan McLeod, for reasons that should be obvious in just a...

Dish? What’s a Dish?

Hat tip to reader maxine for sending this to me: It appears that around the same time the League was asking it’s readers to track down a copy of a 33-page change of address...

A Political DREAM

Having now reviewed the official directive that some are characterizing as “DREAM by fiat,” I must say that I completely agree with the esteemed Mr. Likko that the directive is both clearly Constitutional and...

Hipster Conservatism

Prelude: I’ve been mulling over something like this post for years, mostly because of arguments with the original Post-Modern Conservative himself, James Poulos. I wrestled some of it into place a few months back,...

Inequality by Half Measures

By M.A. Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far,...

There Is No 99%

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. By...

The Tikkun Olam of Rabbi Hillel

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. I.         ...

On putting heads on pikes… or not

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. “We...

An Inequality of Results

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...