…that these “Tea Parties” are nothing more than GOP leftover rallies from a population still deeply absorbed...
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“What leaves me with a queasy feeling, though, is the growing sense that Obama is willing to...
Thanks to John, I am pointed to these two rather strange arguments in favor of the Drug...
…a break people. Will you stop at nothing? Have we already forgotten the close, close relationship between...
The kerfuffle over the Obama commencement at Notre Dame has sparked a lot of rather boorish commentary. ...
I had planned to kick things off with a sweeping introductory post, but it seems William Brafford...
J.L. Wall, writing in response to Scott’s treatise on 21st Century Conservatism, writes: There’s a danger in...
I’m sure I’ve run this course long enough. I’ve been in constant contemplation of the merits of...
You know, there are actual policy consequences for the kind of “haha, the stoners came out!” attitude...
Via Andrew, Chris Hitchens has some harsh words for Israeli settlers in the West Bank: Peering over...
This piece in the Washington Monthly is a pretty insightful look at the short life of Culture11.
I don’t know about anybody else, but this whole treasury/bailout/banking thing is just mind-numbing and overwhelming and...
The modern conservative movement is built upon a paradox. Indeed, both Parties in the United States system...
I suppose the reason I haven’t commented much on the resurgence of Rush Limbaugh into the national...
“Conservatives seem to have spent the last year rapidly regressing from cheering on lame politicians who could...
Freddie writes: Look, I think the important question remains whether or not Kaus’s work is to the...
Kyle’s post yesterday the other day about the need for the GOP to stop focusing on “how”...
So, meandering around the web today one comes across almost universal consensus that Bobby Jindal’s speech was...
Predictions are a mugs game, and mine are worse than most, so take this with a grain...
Amongst several others, Ross Douthat has some really good thoughts on my arguments for a more liberal...