Author: Freddie

Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying...

James Poulos is indicting: Thought: above all, solidarity with the Iranian opposition has been *inspired* (not justified) by their *fashion*. Thought: we secretly feel it more possible to be a fundamentalist Muslim and cool...

Health care reform is capable of whittling out some inefficiencies and could, in the long run, save money in a lot of places. (The degree to which that’s true has been the source of...

So I wrote this piece last year for Culture11. I wanted to link to it in response to the tedious Sandra Tsing Loh, because the piece says all I want to say about her...

Reading Reihan’s post on the costs of health care reform today gave me what has become a very familiar feeling. Reihan’s post is well reasoned and written. I agree with him that health care...

yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well...

It has to be said: we are probably not going to see a democratic revolution in Iran. There is every reason to believe Ahmadinejad will remain in power in the near future. That wouldn’t...

El Hombre by William Carlos Williams It’s a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part! Nuances of a Theme by Williams by Wallace...

Please, please let this often well-meaning but always clumsy democracy have the wisdom and the foresight to show restraint, to have the deft touch we have so often lacked. Please. Iran has many, many...

on this.

Brink Lindsey and David Frum are a couple of guys who I disagree with a lot, and who would think little of me or my opinions if they were ever exposed to them. But...

This post is by necessity going to be almost identical to posts I’ve made before, but the point is so glaringly obvious and yet so ignored that it has to be made again and...

…anybody got any job hookups in the Providence/anywhere in Rhode Island areas? Maybe in the writing/publishing/editing/anything fields?

I agree with John Schwenkler’s descriptive case in this post, while disagreeing with his prescriptions moving forward. One thing that I think needs to be pointed out as we consider the major divisions in...

Self Knowledge by Kahlil Gibran And a man said, “Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.” And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears...

I’m not a big fan of Howard Stern, but this is good of him, and I appreciate that he has the guts to risk cutting against the expectations of his fanbase. (Strong language in...

One frustrating aspect of the education debate in this culture, for those who defend public school like I do, is that the vigor and frequency with which conservatives have pointed to failing public schools...

Via Gawker. As Gawker is quick to point out, you shouldn’t take the lame drunken ramblings of some small slice of any population as dispositive of anything at all. All we know from watching...

James Poulos has fulfilled his destiny and gone on Bloggingheads. Watch.

I can’t imagine a stupider course of action, given this country’s demographics and demographics to be, than for one party or ideology to loudly assume a lack of qualifications for an eminently qualified person...