Nerds On The Big Bang Theory
A question for nerds and geeks in the audience, what do you think of the CBS sitcom? There seem to be two lines of thought: One, that it is insulting to nerds in a...
Monthly Archive: September 2012
On why I registered to be a Republican this morning…
[Note: Post updated below] Like so many other broken camel backs, for me the last straw was shockingly minor: “I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by...
BREAKING: Unleash the Drones
In unofficial coordination with Skynet, the U.S. has released flight capable terminators to seek out the source of the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
American Ambassador To Libya Killed
Yesterday, the minister from Florida who did those stupid and pointless Koran-burning stunts released promoted a movie called Innocence of Muslims. The U.S. embassy to Egypt responded by issuing a statement condemning the film: “Respect...
There Will Be Numbers: The limits of wonkery
Since the teachers in Chicago went on strike, Ezra Klein’s blog of gritty numerics has published four posts on the subject. Each has been, as one might expect, mired in the most precise and useless...
Waxing Un-American
Conor Williams is exasperated and disappointed with the response to his criticism of conservatives criticizing Progressivism. I’ll excuse his missing my comments, set forth below, which answer his criticism directly. But on re-reading Conor’s...
Sweden: Conservatopia
HT: Via faithful commenter and occasional guest poster Ward Smith, the provocative Executive Summary of a paper by Nima Sanandaji, who according to his bio is a Swedish author “with a Kurdish Iranian background.”...
I feel like I should say something but I don’t know what to say jukebox and open thread
Last year, we wrote some essays. Elias wrote 10 years removed, a different memorial to September 11. Doc Saunders wrote Recollection. Jason Kuznicki wrote The Machinery of… whatever. RTod wrote 10 Years Later. James...
We All Would Have Made The Same Decision
NBC’s “Today” is taking a lot of internet criticism right now for not broadcasting a moment of silence for 9/11 victims today. Those critics would have you believe that NBC’s “Today” show simply...
What Chicago’s Schools Want to Evaluate In the District’s Own Words
Dylan Matthews lays out the rift between Chicago’s teachers and the city’s management in some numerical detail. Bottom line, teachers are being asked to do more with less. Less pay, more accountability, but still no real...
Week One Roundup
The first week is always a little tough; everyone’s getting their bearings. A brief writeup and standings below the fold.
What Progressive Conservatism Looks Like
“In a progressive country, change is constant; and the great question is not whether you should resist change, which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners,...
The Values Voter Summit – Overture & Overview
As I noted last week, I’ll be going to Washington DC this week to cover the Values Voter Summit. I’ll eventually look to put together a long-form article next week, but I also wanted...
Bourbon Club: Let’s Get This Party Started
Rules You don’t talk about Bourbon Club. YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT BOURBON CLUB. You’ll have one month to imbibe the selected bourbon. The bourbon should be imbibed in at least one of the three...
Austrian Utility Theory (long)
To my mind, the Austrian school’s account of utility is (1) true (2) completely different from mainstream economists’, and (3) very interesting. What follows is my attempt to explain.[1] Be warned: It’s long. You...
An Incorrect Venn Diagram of Liberal and Conservative Progressivism
Update 2 (see below)–Due to Conor’s recent posts on Progressivism and Conservative rhetoric, as well as comments arguing in favor of the existence of (or possibility of) Conservative Progressives, as well as a call for some guesses as...
Washington DC Shindig Set!
Update: Black Squirrel owner Amy Bowman is all kinds of space awesome. Having seen this post, she shot me an email, offering us their party room and asking me to give a...
A Proposal, and a Second Take On Progressivism, American-ness, and Conservative Rhetoric
I’ve read the comments on my recent post on progressivism with equal parts exasperation and disappointment. I complained that …today’s conservatives are obsessed with maintaining semantic control over The American Idea: What sort of country...
Required Reading: “John Cole is Space Awesome” Edition
There are a lot of reasons I love reading Balloon Juice’s John Cole. He has a passionate zeal about him, which is not so uncommon in a political blogger. But unlike most other political...
In anticipation of the coming season — chicken soup the Saunders way
It’s recipe time here at the League! I am pleased to say that I do, indeed, have my own recipe for chili, but since that’s already been done, I thought perhaps I would share my...
