Author: Mark of New Jersey

The Nation Apologizes….Sorta

Katrina vanden Heuvel offers a non-apology apology to John Tyner for allowing her magazine to smear him.  By non-apology apology I mean that rather than acknowledge the innuendo in the piece was an outright slander...

Moderating Extremists

Hugh Hewitt, one of America’s Most Easily Mocked Pundits™ argues that the first debate of the 2012 GOP primaries should not be moderated by MSM personalities from Politico and NBC, but instead by “different kinds...

The Real Miscarriage of Justice

Below, Ned rightly derides Rep. Peter King for calling the verdict in the Ghailani trial a “total miscarriage of justice.”  Ned correctly notes that the miscarriage of justice here was not the verdict itself,...

In Which NJ Leads the Way on Freedoms

It’s a rare day indeed that I get to say this, but today I’m quite proud of my state’s elected representatives in the State House: State senators Michael J. Doherty (R- Hunterdon) and  James Beach...

Heh.

Via Jeffrey Goldberg comes a remarkably useful tool: the Pamela Geller Shrieking Harpy Rant Generator.  I hereby humbly submit this tool to our good friends at Popehat as a nominee for this week’s Friday Afternoon Time-waster.

A Poem for Armistice Day

Jason’s post on what is properly called Armistice Day, and the end of the myth of the nobility of war make this pertinent.   Suicide in the Trenches  by Siegfried Sassoon  I knew a simple soldier...

An Early Look at the 2012 Congressional Outlook

Over at Fourth Branch, Publius crunches some numbers and determines that the combination of the election results last week and the results of the census will likely give Republicans a significant advantage in redistricting...

What Do You Call It When…

life doesn’t just imitate satire, but skips right over it and somehow becomes a parody of a parody while simultaneously being all too serious?  Because that’s what the FDA seems to be shooting for,...

Meet the New GOP, Same as the Old GOP

No compromises on extending the Bush tax cuts, even if that means they expire completely and taxes go up considerably.  After all, it’s still the case that “there’s only going to be one person...

Private Arbitration and Islamic Law

Private Arbitration and Islamic Law

In one of the recent threads on the supposed “threat” of sharia law and the resulting need for anti-sharia legislation, such as the recently passed resolution in Oklahoma, a commenter argues: By allowing Sharia...

From the Department of Surprising Endorsements

Buffalo Bills legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas is not only a supporter of Carl Paladino, but is actively campaigning on Paladino’s behalf, apparently being used to (amateurishly) deflect charges that...

More on the “Threat” of Sharia Law

Transplanted Lawyer has an important, must-read follow-up post to his piece on Oklahoma’s “anti-Sharia” referendum in which he looks closely at the cases cited by proponents of the law and finds them to be...

Correction

I have made a significant correction to my post yesterday on the effects of Citizens United on the race in OR-4.  I somehow inexcusably managed to forget that individual contributions to PACs for independent...

Government and Fraud Open Thread

Jonathan Bernstein argues that, although it is bad in itself and should be deterred to the extent possible, increased presence of fraud in a government program is a good sign that the program is...

More, Please

John Judis takes an honest look at the Tea Parties. (Via Pseudo-Polymath).