Liberal Democracy is Viable, But Can We Do Better?
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...
Monthly Archive: August 2012
“The Popes, of course, were usually Catholic.”
Via The Dish, the only history of Europe you’ll ever need to read.
Democracy Is Obsolete
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...
The Death of Democracy
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...
Ryan the Outdoorsman
So it turns out that Ryan is not just the only hunter in the four-man group this year but he’s also an accomplished bowhunter. So, um, that’s pretty cool at least.
What Paul Ryan Is For
(Note: This post is NOT part of our current Democracy Symposium. If you want to follow the Symposium – and you should! – you can find the posts here.) If you read one piece of...
Democracy Symposium: A neat trick
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...
Romney names Ryan the VP nominee in campaign concession speech
(Note: This post is NOT part of our current Democracy Symposium. If you want to follow the Symposium – and you should! – you can find it here.) This morning, the Romney camp made two...
Liberal Democracy Is Not Too Big to Fail
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. Three...
Just Hit Your Thumb With A Hammer Instead
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. As...
When I was your age we had to walk five miles uphill in the snow to get liberal Democracy
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. The...
Pod, People
Right now there’s a nasty squall-line moving through Suffolk country, complete with drenching rain, lightning, and tornado warnings. That’s cut the work day short, but not so short that we couldn’t get the steering...
Friday Jukebox: a Summer’s Worth of Hip-Hop Tracks
I really wanted to submit something to the recently finished Democracy Symposium, only I couldn’t come up with anything anywhere nearly as thoughtful and incisive as the work done by my colleagues here. My...
On The Counting Of Heads
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...
Liberal Democracy Jukebox And Open Thread
Some number one songs for your enjoyment: So… your thoughts on the symposium so far?
Popular Erosion Of Liberty: Do You Feel Lucky?
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Democracy. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click...
Summer Movie Update
At the start of the summer I wrote about my movie plans. My list at that time was 19 strong. As of today it has been expanded to 22 movies and last night we saw...
MON TIKI is Officially a Part of the US Merchant Marine Fleet!
We are still waiting on our engines from Honda, and still finishing up the deck installation, and still sitting in the Montauk Marine Basin shipyard instead of being afloat, but the above piece of...
The Prize Tax
Eliminating taxes on the prizes that accompany Olympic medals is a terrible idea. In fact, as far as I can tell, there is quite literally no economic logic undergirding the argument. This is one...
