Given the interesting comments by several friends of this blog (including Lance Mannion, Russell Arben Fox, and Ezra Klein), a few more comments in re: cultural conservatism of indeterminate contours..
Wow.Who should I vote for?Your expected outcome:LabourYour actual outcome: Labour 18Conservative -53 Liberal Democrat 60UK Independence Party -14 Green 2You should vote: Liberal DemocratThe LibDems take a strong stand against.
Phoebe Maltz has the ultimate response to the ridiculous "man date" story in the Times. When I saw the thing, I actually considered tossing off a one-line post about how.
I am infected.You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?Jorge Luis Borges, Collected FictionsHave you ever had a crush on a fictional character?Not really. The closest.
Amanda Marcotte recently noted that fake libertarians "are straight men who like to fuck without making babies and therefore oppose the wingnut push to legislate the bedroom. But they don't.
Take a moment to give thanks for one of the finest Americans to ever draw breath.Then think about what you can do to stop the Republicans from tearing down everything.
Lots of good points made and questions asked in the Chinese Military Preparation comments below, so let me answer in a new post.The article cites anonymous Pentagon officials and defense.
I'm not sure that Ezra takes the problem of Confederate nostalgia quite seriously enough. Sure, standing against slavery and the Confederacy hardly seems like a courageous point in some quarters..
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