Responding to Scott’s argument (with which I agree almost entirely) that Andrew Sullivan’s obsession with Sarah Palin is counterproductive to good politics, Jaybird commented: As someone who was temporarily under the impression that Sarah...
When Andrew Sullivan isn’t doing his best to erase any memory of his vital contribution to the medium, he’s actually a very good blogger. His intensely personal take on the ‘tipping point’ of the...
“Iran’s green awakening may end awfully. But if it succeeds, it will be everything the neocons had hoped to achieve in Iraq – and also a demonstration of neoconservatism’s core fallacy, which is that...
Props on the title go to Eunomia commenter Grumpy Old Man who was commenting on the second of two very strong posts from Daniel Larison regarding the Iranian riots. Larison worries that too...
This is what I kept thinking this weekend: if I wasn’t online, an avid blogger and reader of blogs, and if I didn’t frequent the New York Times, I wouldn’t know a damn thing...
“But the argument isn’t going away. It will be with us as long as the threat of terrorism endures. And where the Bush administration’s interrogation programs are concerned, we’ve heard too much to just...
“What you see in the relationship between torturer and tortured is the absolute darkness of totalitarianism. You see one individual granted the most complete power he can ever hold over another. Not just confinement...
Regarding Andrew’s post about the full-page anti-gay-marriage ad run in the Salt Lake Tribune, I find I am once again conflicted over the use of the term “Christianist.” While I do think it rightly...
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25There was no tariff plan you would have been okay with. Hell, I doubt there is much of anything Pres…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/el-salvador-deportation-ruling-trump-administration-0027287…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25You're telling me 2 months of ciphering isn't enough time to negotiate something that might crater t…
on About Last Night: Voting Fun in Wisconsin and FloridaThey keep running black men for senate in Mississippi. on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Elon likely does. $277M buys a lot.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer for Meta, announces: By Monday afternoon, our fact-checkin…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25I was just going to post this. They really don't have much power over President Trump at this point.… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Rats fleeing a sinking ship watch: https://www.rawstory.com/bessent-trump-tariffs/
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25No, the issue is that the way the tariffs were set is very, very stupid. Like, no rational person wi…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Finally an actual answer. Took enough to pry the answers out of you. So, the whole issue is it is no…
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