Professor Cole is on a roll: But I have a hard time rushing to Yusuf Islam’s defense because I never forgave him for advocating the execution of Salman Rushdie in 1989. He endorsed Khomeini’s “fatwa” or death edict against Rushdie for the novel, Satanic Verses. He later explained this position away by saying that he […]
Month: September 2004
Via the (thankfully returned) busybusybusy, this gem from the guy who took the Washington Post editorial page well beyond the shark: Ten years ago democracy was on the march, and its progress seeme
I don’t know why I forget to read them for months at a time. This one renders all past and future David Brooks mockery obsolete. via Pandagon.
I’m satisfied with the blogospheric account of the huge Bush lead in Gallup (signifigant oversampling of GOP, based on some crack-smokingly incomprehensible sample adjustment methodology). Now can someone tell me why the allegedly reliable Survey USA people are coming up with reason-defying numbers like a tie in Maryland and a four point Bush lead in New freakin’ […]
I’m sad I missed this, because it appears as though (it’s hard to say without actually seeing it) Stewart did about as good of job as anyone I’ve seen actually remaining in some con
Sully is having a real hard time. He’s not an idiot, meaning that he can’t believe that the project in Iraq is going well. On the other hand, he’s arrogant and not terribly flexible,
One of Juan Cole’s finest: President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country. What would America look like if it were in Iraq’s current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have […]
Between Kristof and Beldar, I’d say we’ve asymptotically approached the truth enough for there to be not a whole lot of interesting argument left. Two of Kerry’s Purple Hearts are sh
Paperwight does a damn fine job of pointing out how all of the above are a better use of time than trying to answer the specific charges of right wing bloggers: You know what the right wing response w
I am pleased to note that the fine folks at W.W. Norton sent me a copy of the 9/11 commission report, unsolicited but welcomed. In addition, Phillip Roth’s new novel The Plot Against America–which I’ve been looking forward to for months–was in stock at the local bookstore. (Read his fascinating account of the novel’s genesis here.) And […]
At some point in my life, I was mildly amused by some scenes in a National Lampoon movie, the one with Chevy Chase. I can’t speak for most of their releases, except to say that they look pretty
This little item from Kos is interesting, and gives me an excuse to relate a dream I recently. In the dream, I was lazing about the house one morning, and turned on CNN. So far, the dream is dogme-95