From the front page of the web home of The Weekly Standard: Fahrenheit 9/11 connects dots that aren’t there. by Matt Labash. Then, all of four stories down: There was a Saddam-Osama connection and we’re learning more every day. by Stephen F. Hayes Wait, it gets better if you keep scrolling: A Weekly Standard exclusive: Vice […]
Category: General
First question: how many ‘reviews’ of Bill Clinton’s book does the NYT plan on running? We’re up to three now, by my count. Second question: How many times does Larry McMurtry
Picking the very worst moment in Nader’s Press the Meat interview this morning is easy, despite the reiteration of sizist attacks on Michael Moore. To paraphrase: Q: The Congressional Black Ca
Good evaluation of veep candidates at TAP online. The Gephardt critiques are nothing new, but show that the hostility isn’t just limited to free traders. The Graham piece is a good one; if anything, I’d prefer Gephardt. The most important report is on Vilsack; they actually make a pretty good case. One thing that comes up when […]
It’s becoming clear that while the Bush campaign has spent an awful lot of money on ads, they don’t appear to have gotten much in return. This is, of course, good news, but it also raises
Wonkette suggests a much more likely possibility than the “Hillary for Veep” being touted by Drudge. The problem with Drudge’s argument, of course, is that it will be *Bill* Clinton
In a discussion on the appropriate ways to talk about the South and southerners on this post esteemed reader and frequent commenter Erik says Third, it’s good that we can’t really make fun of blacks, Jews, and other ethnic groups anymore without consequences. But there are still 2 groups it’s OK to make fun of–southerners and fat […]
Rob and I recently discussed in comments the importance of taking on the best arguments made by people who disagree with you, rather than the worst. This is advice I try to apply to myself whenever po
Since I am to busy to engage in actual, honest-to-goodness blogging, allow me to play Professor Instalinker and direct you to this fine post. Heh. Ouch! Share
In a conversation the other day, I expressed the idea that the war in Iraq damaged rather than advanced our war on terrorism, which produced a reaction of surprise and skepticism from the party of the second part (who was ardently anti-war). This strikes me as among the most important reasons to oppose the war, […]
I refer, of course, to the picture to the right of the story. Share
I’m surprised that Eugene Volokh is surprised that O’Connor and Breyer vote together 70% of the time, the 8th most common pairing on the court. Breyer–as was proved yet again in his