Fox News Woman takes Fox News Frat Boys to the Woodshed – and it is AWESOME!!!
I’d like to tell you that I hope this is going to be my last Erick Erickson post for a while, but that would be a lie. I hope no such thing. The truth...
Monthly Archive: May 2013
Since Today Appears to Be Erick Erickson Day…
Erick Erickson said something offensive and stupid, which is usually not the kind of thing I’m inclined to write about, because no one much will be surprised to hear I find the sentiments of...
Friday Jukebox: DJ Shadow’s “Building Steam With a Grain Of Salt”
When I was a teenager, I learned that I not only had a distant cousin, but that he’d be coming to visit. When he arrived, we hung out with my friends, and the young...
Best Video Game Ever Series
Is there a particular video game you’re dying to tell us is the most space awesome game ever? We’ll be doing a brief series here starting the third week of June. We’re looking for...
The Truth Might Be Mean, But I’ll Pretend it Isn’t
Erick Erickson is shocked, shocked! to learn he thinks “women cannot be breadwinners.” Ever since his remarks on income inequality between men and women on Lou Dobbs’ show, liberals have been unfairly smearing him...
Why Conservatives Can’t Win the Non-Male Vote, “I’m Fishing Speechless” Edition
So here’s the thing. I’ve started this post maybe half a dozen times before scrapping it and starting over. I have no idea what to say. No idea. I am seriously fishing speechless. I’ve...
Why People Go To Law School – Or At Least Why I Did
by New Dealer Guest Author Brian John Spencer posted an essay today wondering why people still continue to apply for law school even though the legal market exploded in 2008 and has not really...
Driving Blind: Austerity, Street Art, and Books
Let’s get right down to business. Paul Krugman comes out swinging in the New York Review of Books with a piece of extended economic criticism that will surely draw much ire, but push an...
Thursday Bar Fight #12: Just Like The Travelling Wilburys, Only Not Really
Good news, everyone! In an attempt to reverse trends in flagging record sales, the music industry has agreed to allow you to create an all-star superband to be The Next Big Thing. All you...
Why Does Everyone Want to Go to Law School?
by Brian John Spencer For some reason people in America and the UK people have come to regard Law School as some sort of panacea. The pinnacle of academic learning and the route to...
On the Nature of Evil: A Question for the Hive Mind
I’m working simultaneously on several new posts for my Ideology Is The Enemy series, and because of this I’ve been thinking a bit about the concept of evil. There are a few things I...
Driving Blind: The Humanities Die and Superman Returns
Digby argues that MSNBC’s ratings aren’t down because of quality issues, but rather that a large part of its liberal base is currently alienated and indifferent. Some are defending the humanities against digital aggression,...
Okay, Is This Wrong?
Yesterday, a student brought in cupcakes to celebrate his birthday, as is our routine*. However, he opted to bring in Spider-Man cupcakes for the boys and Hello, Kitty cupcakes for the girls, distributing them...
A Fund Raising Sail to Benefit the Hampton Ballet Theatre School and the Hamptons Festival Orchestra
OG readers and writers, please helps us get the word out! On Sunday June 2, Mon Tiki will be offering special 45-minute cruises to raise funds to bring the live music of the Hampton...
There Is No Conservative Reform Movement
I think it’s fair to say that, excepting those conservatives with a passion for solitude, these are not halcyon days for members of the center-right. On the political end you’ve got guys like Ted...
The Principled Pragmatic Reader
Last week I got an email from reader Karen, who asked if I would be willing to share some book titles that might help her better know and understand my political philosophy of principled...
Mental Hacks for the Modern Worker
As readers know from my previous posts, my career has been a state of flux as of late. Although I still like my employer, I am not crazy about my current position and I’ve...
Droning Blind: Reactions to Obama’s Global War on Terror Speech
If you’ll forgive the lazy pun I’ll return to the regularly scheduled links tomorrow. For now, before interest surrounding military and counterterrorism policy dies down completely, I want to focus on some of the...
On Conservative Strawmen
I’ve never really understood Michael Tomansky’s role at the Daily Beast other than to write screeds about how evil Republicans and conservatives are. I never had much love for pundits whose sole duty in...
