I like Tom Philpott's work at Mother Jones, but this piece connecting Americans' disposable society and clothing with malnutrition around the world had one point that bothered me. I think in principle the article's idea is a good one. Our clothing purchases have skyrocketed in...
The Left
During the 15 minute commute between the building that houses the admin side of my Faculty and my office (you couldn't draw a longer straight line on a map connecting.
I've been meaning to find the time to write about this, but Daniel over at Crooked Timber makes a lot of the same points that I wanted to make in.
Neo-neocon bring her mad yoosta-bee skillz to the Polanski issue:The reaction of no small number of pundits on the Left to the Polanski case is to recommend that we let bygones be bygones. Amusingly, the post goes on to engage in some speculation about the...
The Left's abrupt departure has left a major void. Fortunately, we have William Jacobson to fill in the gap. Apparently, "the left-wing of the Democratic party" now consists of:Non-leftist non-Democrat.
This is true. I think the exclusion is because I don't really think Norbiz will be gone for long...