Running errands and fighting a cold yesterday, I forgot to comment on this Ryan Lizza thumbsucker. But Lizardbreath, Ann Friedman, and Tracy Clark-Flory dismantle the argument with great effectiveness. Meanwhile, to save me yet another post Jill deals with the idiotic idea of putting BMI stats...
The 283 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America who did not vote for Bert Blyleven aren't evil, or even necessarily stupid. They simply know nothing of baseball. In.
Brad Plumer writes:If the United States government had a bigger Army at its disposal, it would view the military as the solution to an even greater number of foreign policy.
The hapless Joe Klein tries to get himself out of the massive hole he's dug for himself by claiming that "Just because [dirty, smelly hippies who agree with me for what I assume without a shred of evidence to be the wrong reasons are] right about...
A titan departs the liberal blogosphere. What's worst about it is that it will reduce the amount of blogging on the most pressing issue of the day--NHL hockey--to, er, me.
Shit.Well, that certainly explains the numbness in my arms, the stabbing chest pains, the inexplicable sweating and shortness of breath.
Since everyone else in the world appears to be watching the BCS Championship game with slackened jaws, this might be a good time to admit that until this afternoon, I had never watched a single minute of The Sopranos. I realize that this information -- had...
7-0 on the first play. Let this serve as a game open thread.
Shortly after Christmas Brian Leiter linked to this Corey Robin essay on Arendt on totalitarianism, and posed a general question about the political relevance of Hannah Arendt's work. So far,.
I just returned from Atlanta, a city that is evidently committed to the principle that free wireless connections must not be allowed to take root anywhere. I thought I might be able to sneak in a quick Althousian post addressing the mediocre wardrobe choices that govern...
Here's a surprise:Families earning more than $1 million a year saw their federal tax rates drop more sharply than any group in the country as a result of President Bush’s.
Charlotte Allen using a Young Americans for Freedom list of college courses it doesn't like to churn out a quick, lame, and uninformed op-ed is a well-worn and extremely tired.