Somebody had to say it
David Harsanyi admits the obvious: Twitter is basically useless. Sure, I understand the social appeal, and my will to resist setting up an account will probably erode over time. But why a 140-character format...
Author: Will
Best Television Shows of the Decade
The Onion ranks ’em – let the arguments commence! After reading the list, you begin to realize how consistently excellent the last few years of television have been. My personal top five consists of...
Let’s Get Dangerous Serious
As much as I appreciate Jamelle’s Darkwing Duck references (though personally, I’ve always preferred TaleSpin), I think he’s being a bit unfair to skeptics of health insurance reform here. Jamelle argues that we can’t...
Pertinent Facts
Jules Crittenden sneers at Ambassador Eikenberry’s recommendation not to deploy troops to Central Asia, noting “that Eikenberry commands no troops in Afghanistan.” Well, bashing the diplomatic corps is de rigueur among the more vulgar...
Return of the Yellow Press
Via David Weigel, I see The New York Post is getting sued for workplace harassment. The allegations of sexual and racial abuse are pretty bad, but The Huffington Post also reports that “the publication’s...
Larison endorses the McChrystal surge?
I’m not sure if Daniel Larison’s latest column should be interpreted as an endorsement of McChrystal’s political independence or his actual strategy for Afghanistan, but it’s worth reading in full. His criticism of the...
The answer, of course, is to send Bloomberg off to fight the Parthians
The New Yorker’s take on Bloomberg’s plutocratic, all-encompassing nannyism is worth a read. Are the parallels to Marcus Licinius Crassus a harbinger of the coming pink police state?
A few more thoughts on the death penalty
I wanted to briefly respond to a few points inspired by Sonny Bunch’s defense of the death penalty from last week. First, Andrew Sullivan suggests I have “mixed feelings” about executing prisoners. Well, not...
Editorial oversight, anyone?
The Guardian continues to burnish its remarkable record of publishing unabashed apologists for communism. This latest offering isn’t quite as good as Zsuzsanna Clark’s classic “Goulash and Solidarity,” but if you’re looking for awful...
Strange Bedfellows
Here’s an entertaining scoop from Mother Jones: Crackpot ex-KGB academic teams up with tea party radicals to predict the imminent break-up of the United States.
Yes, Google is making me stupid
Or at least less apt to struggle through difficult, rewarding books. You see, I was (belatedly) inspired by The American Scene’s “Fall of the U.S.A.” series to pick up John Dos Passos and give...
“The Pity of War”
Whatever you think of Hitchens, this an excellent, understated article. Highly recommended for anyone who contributed to the thread on First World War histories.
Race, wealth, and homeownership
Reading Jason Kuznicki’s article in the latest issue of Cato Journal, I was struck by the similarities between his historical analysis and a post Jamelle wrote a few months ago. First, here’s Jamelle (emphasis...
I’d like to associate myself with this screed
From John Judis: I have to admit that I didn’t think it was possible to have worse service than Comcast. It was like trying to imagine a more devastating hurricane than Katrina or a...
A Time to Kill
Sonny Bunch has written a long, impassioned defense of the death penalty. Here’s the crux of his argument: Every time I start to waver on my support for the death penalty — as I...
Public Service Announcement
Hulu has just added “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” “A Fistful of Dollars,” “Ronin,” and perhaps most importantly, “Spartacus.” God bless the Internet.
Pop Quiz
Here’s a thumbsucker for all you would-be communitarians. Was the following published at Alternet or Front Porch Republic?
How could this happen?
Having read Glenn Greenwald for some time now, I was beginning to think I had lost the capacity to be shocked by the excesses of the War on Terror. Then this happened: It’s not...
Dylan Revisionism
Noted Creed apologist Joe Carter points us to this sure-to-be contentious Bob Dylan takedown. Let the arguments begin!
