Thursday Art Walk
The King Drinks by Jacob Jordaens 1638-40 Oil on canvas, 152 x 204 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Author: Erik Kain
On Certainty & Doubt
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with...
Fundraising Drive Day Two
Once again, I’m back with another request for donations. We’re still looking at possibly moving to a better host and other ways to speed up and generally improve the site. Both writers and readers...
Formatting and fundraising update
Well, I’ve changed the formatting again and I plan to continue to tinker. I very much appreciate all the feedback over the last couple of days so please do keep it coming. Also, if...
Formatting update
So there’s been lots of good feedback from commenters and writers on the new formatting. Basically what I’m trying to achieve is something that looks very much like the old format, but with more...
The war on barbershops
Yet another example of our ludicrous economic policies mixing it up with our ludicrous law enforcement policies: As many as 14 armed Orange County deputies, including narcotics agents, stormed Strictly Skillz barbershop during business...
Some new formatting…?
In an attempt to widen the comments section, modernize the site’s functionality, etc I am experimenting with some new formatting. Please leave feedback. We can switch back very easily, so DON’T PANIC! Again, perhaps...
The Hunger Games (and other books and such)
I just finished the second book of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy – Catching Fire. Both books have been really great reads – fast paced, suspenseful, extremely and surprisingly violent given their intended audience....
Should we ban roses because they give us pleasure?
Via Andrew, here’s TPM’s Josh Marshall: I just don’t know if I think marijuana should be legalized at all. Maybe it’s that I’m getting into my 40s. And maybe I’m a hypocrite… But do...
Status redistribution and American exceptionalism
“It occurs to me that there’s an obvious link here with the idea that the contemporary populist right is heavily driven by ressentiment—and that a lot of our current politics has less to do...
A recoil against liberalism?
George Will and pretty much every other commenter on the right is missing the point of Tuesday’s election. It was not a referendum on liberalism or progressive politics. At play were two factors: one,...
Marco Rubio
Here’s Rubio’s acceptance speech after he beat not only Democratic challenger Kendrick Meek, but also the slimy, mercurial Charlie Crist. There’s no two ways about this – Rubio is going to be a force...
From the inbox
A reader writes, in response to this post by Barrett: … you might want to mention my experience about how the liberal media and publishing bubble actually helps empower the Breitbarts of the world....
Food justice?
“Here’s an idea for parents, just say no. You’re the one who controls the meals your child eats, don’t feed them fast food if you don’t think it’s good for them, and don’t give...
Prop 19 fails
What a sad – and ultimately selfish and self-destructive – thing for Californians to vote down. Kevin Williamson says that along with the Harry Reid victory, this was the most depressing moment in the...
Clash of Civilizations
Ta-Nehisi Coates posts the below video, writing: I don’t even know what to say anymore. It’s officially fine to be bigoted toward Muslims. The panel (rather politely) dissented. I guess that’s a good thing....
Rally to restore Irony
Will Wilkinson writes that Peter Beinart’s critique of Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity “cuts deep…when he observes that the focus on ‘sanity’ is demeaning to the tea-party movement and its sympathisers, and reflects...
War as stimulus
Oh my: Here is where Obama is likely to prevail. With strong Republican support in Congress for challenging Iran’s ambition to become a nuclear power, he can spend much of 2011 and 2012 orchestrating...
The Three Jonathans
Jonathan Bernstein is blogging (guest-blogging, I think) over at Citizen Cohn, Jonathan Cohn’s blog. This puts us this much closer to my idea for the Three Jonathans Blog – Chait, Cohn, and Bernstein all...
