Month: February 2007
Obviously, I agree entirely with the substance of Paul Campos's reply to Glenn Reynolds's attempts to defend illegal and counterproductive assassinations. Since it came up in comments too, I should.
Since I'm apparently incapable of coming up with ideas of my own this week, I'm going to add once again to something Rob just wrote. I've never been particularly involved.
Today, I am sorry to report, concludes another year of Bill Frist's unwholesome existence. Happily for all, though, Frist's 55th birthday marks the first time since 1995 that he's not.
In comments to this post, I'm afraid that regular commenter Anderson has fallen for the old conservertarian bait-and-switch:Yeah, quite frankly, I think punitives are a terrible idea in general --.
In addition to being bad on the merits, what puzzles me about Tom Vilsack's decision to end his campaign yesterday is what makes him think it would work. I'll admit.
Rob's post on luck and wingnuttery reminded me of a Times editorial written four years ago by historian Jackson Lears on the subject of George W. Bush and his Providential.
Erik makes an important point regarding the political backlash against the Dixie Chicks in his good commentary on J. Lester Feder's fine article on the right wing shift of country.
Shorter Michael Medved: The sheer terror of potentially working with somebody who might find you sexually attractive totally justifies hating fags. And might I add, no fat chicks? This whole.