Brad DeLong offers a dissenting voice from the enthusiasm we've been seeing (and voicing ourselves) about Ehrenreich: I agree that Barbara Ehrenreich is a very smart and graceful writer, a keen analyst of American culture and society--she is worth, say, ten of David Brooks. But her brand of...
Thusly are Fox News employees warned one morning last April, according to a memo sent to all FNC employees directing them on how to cover (spin) the news of the.
If you're like me, you're incessantly worried about an event scheduled to take place in about four months over which you have virtually no control. For those of us following.
It may seem counterintuitive, but I like taking conservatives seriously, I really do. Edmund Burke, for example. Great stuff there, and I actually agree with him on a few things, and even on those issues I continue to strongly disagree with him, I've benefited from taking...
Former GOP Grand Wiz...er, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is very concerned about John Edwards. Well, of the 100 people in the Senate Lott is certainly one of them, so let's hear.
In responses to Dave's query, the incomparable Bob Somerby on Brent Bozell's "magic elipse." By the way, I'm sure you're all excited to know that LBBIII has "written" a "book." I dunno, Brent,.
Just finished screening The Third Man for my World Politics class, got me to think about cinema's greatest villains. A few of my favorite that leaped to mind: Harry Lime, Orson Welles, The Third Man Noah Cross, John Huston, Chinatown Frank, Henry Fonda, Once Upon a Time in...
Since the FMA hasn't passed yet, however, Jesse Taylor notes that the Republicans are getting conservative vanity candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in Michigan. Again, let's remember: Nader's entire reason d'etre.
Andrew Sullivan argues against quietism with respect to the Federal Marriage Amendment: Orrin Hatch's piece in National Review Online is a depressing read. Hatch was once skeptical of the Musgrave amendment.
Should this indeed be the last year for my beloved Expos, the fine folks at Sadly, No! note that the 'Spos' mascot--I don't know what animal he/she is supposed to represnt, but it's very orange!--has a job waiting for him: blowhard-in-chief for a wingnut media organization. If only...
Ugh, now I remember why I avoid reading Dowd. Rob, I understand your animus towards Friedman, but Dowd must go first. Could you write a more vapid, gossipy, content-free 800.
Here's a dialogue between Tacitus and Steve Sailer. Sailer insists that racial inequality is based on biology, and Tacitus drops the hammer on him. More commentary from Orcinus. Maybe the NYT should hire.