My friend Ned Resnikoff has a good summary of one of the more fascinating aspects of Walmart’s ongoing and escalating struggle with its workers, the recently leaked documents showing a systematic effort on the part of...
Corey Robin was interviewed by David Johnson for the Boston Review, and at the very end the two of them got to talking about the GOP primary. At first, Robin repeated an argument I’ve heard...
Andrew Sullivan’s recent apologia—or, perhaps, obituary—of conservatism makes at least one very good point: Modern conservatism has painted itself into a corner. Concerning the poor and uninsured, for example, Mr. Sullivan rightly observes that...
I’ve been noticing a game lately played in the bookish corners of the left side of American politics. We’ll call it “We Know Hayek Better Than You.” It’s a game not without some attendant...
“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...
In the comments to E.D.’s post on a hypothetical tax on alcohol, Michael Drew writes: A significant portion of the negative externalities come in the form of medical costs from DUI and long-term disease,...
(cross-posted from my blog) Atrios: One of my longstanding pet peeves is that everyone in the US pretends we don’t have an “industrial policy” because that implies naughty state intervention in certain sectors. But...
One of the most common arguments against my call for better, more effective state-provided safety nets is that these safety nets somehow replace those provided by families and close-knit communities. Apparently if people are...
I have come more and more to believe that America is need of a stronger set of safety-nets and public investment in general. Beyond the need for a more robust safety-net apparatus including some...
Via First Things, The Acton Institute’s PowerBlog discusses the Christian origins of the welfare state: The church helped to bring about the welfare state in two ways. First, the Church embodied the idea of...
The New York Times – as is its wont – has a pretty good editorial on the need for higher taxes in the age of Obama: But, sooner than he may prefer, Mr. Obama...
Devcat is working on correcting some bugs that came with the last WP update.
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25The answer is most certainly "...does not a victim make". They're contacting other men. He's contact…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25There should be at least some strategy to the district choice.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25The question: "Are they victims?" has a strange and terrible logic. If the answer is "yes, those wom… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I went upstairs to tell Maribou about this and opened with "Do you know who Harry Sisson is?" and sh…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25There was a really funny tweet awhile ago about being out of touch with celebrity culture. This is m… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Primary challenges drive the Left further to the Left and the Right further to the Right. on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25A sex scandal without sex. Or even meeting anyone. Or even promising to meet someone and/or date the… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Young Democrat Harry Sisson has reportedly been dropped by Palette Management following what might b…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25In actual good news, the Supreme Court declines to hear a case asking it to overturn Sullivan and in…
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