How Not to Beat al Qaeda
I haven’t seen anyone sum up the absurdity of the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy quite as well as Jeffrey Goldberg today: “Bin Laden wants a clash of civilizations; the opponents of the this mosque...
Author: Mark of New Jersey
Thiessen: US Law Applies Most Outside of US
Arguing that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s (who is neither a US citizen nor a US resident) document dump on the War in Afghanistan is a criminal act (a violation of the Espionage Act and, possibly, material...
Eighty-$#@*-Four Percent
Jamelle, covering Netroots Nation at The American Prospect’s blog, writes: The Netroots Nation straw poll, conducted during the conference by Revolution Messaging, shows President Obama with an approval rating of 84 percent among the...
The National Popular Vote Initiative
Steven Taylor notes that Massachusetts has become the latest state to sign on to the National Popular Vote Initiative and proceeds to shred the usual claims that the Initiative is inconsistent with the spirit...
If I Were Shirley Sherrod’s Attorney…
(UPDATED) I’d strongly advise against this course of action. It is certainly true that what Breitbart did was wrong and blatantly misleading. To the average person lacking a preexisting loyalty to Breitbart, the defenses...
Links from the Honorary Ordinaries
We haven’t done one of these for awhile. Today seems like as good a day as any. It’s sometimes easy to forget that a lot of times the most detail-oriented, sober, and incisive pieces of...
The Good Germans
Although I think he makes a number of highly questionable logical leaps (and certainly overstates his case) in his attempt to tie the failure of the Allies to support the WWII German resistance to “Egalitarian...
The US: A Special Case for Open Borders
I respect the point that Will made last week in his post arguing against open borders and for a sort of mild restrictionism. Will sums his argument up thusly: So the West is both...
Interesting Standards…
So, let me get this straight… Activist accuses ideological opponents of racism on basis of highly misleading video clip taken completely out of context. NOT RACE-BAITING. Target of racism accusation based on highly misleading...
A Few Things to Add to Jason’s List
Just to add some more items to Jason’s list of “managed ignorance” in the realm of conservative media: The “Mosque at Ground Zero,” which is neither at Ground Zero nor even really a “mosque,”...
Bleg/Open Thread
I got nuthin’ right now – any suggestions on something you’d all like me to write about?
Balance and Propaganda
I’m not typically a fan of EJ Dionne’s, but I have to say that I’ve got a hard time disagreeing with any of his column today. “Balance” does not mean that you take seriously...
The Twisting of Affirmative Action?
Without endorsing or disputing it (for personal reasons, there are important elements of Webb’s piece that I am not comfortable commenting upon) , I just want to say that this piece by Jim Webb in today’s Wall Street...
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam: James Joyner’s piece on the JournoList and “Conservative Media Bias” is right on the money. Relatedly – I’m done with this topic. Jetsam: Publius at the Fourth Branch has an interesting and (I...
Moral Agency, Not an Agency of Morals
“Born into a world of enemies, surrounded by violent racial hate, with no obvious means of protection, Lupescu did what she had to do: she auctioned off her body – the only thing she...
Picture. 1000 Words.
I know this is low-hanging fruit, but still…amusing. And poignant. Via Popehat.
By request
To avoid a hopeless threadjacking of Jason’s post, please put any and all thoughts on the latest Journolist revelations in this thread. Personally, I think it’s just the latest in a long line of...
Uh Oh, Canada!
It takes a lot to get me to side with PETA on something, but this has to be one of the most egregious violations of free speech in recent Western memory. In fact, the...
Big Labor and Libertarianism
Erik writes: I think the real obstacle to a libertarian-left alliance is the labor movement. In the UK that movement has its own party. Here, the Democrats are the nominal representatives of labor. I...
