Atrios is correct about the unpersuasiveness of the Carter/Glastris “national service” article, and also makes a very important point about using 4-year colleges as a technique to avoid the elitism of the draft. When you teach at city college, this is a mistake you won’t make; a draft would drive many working-class people out of school. […]
Month: March 2005
Demagogue via Mark Goldberg tracks down this exchange: O’REILLY: And I find it difficult to stand by and watch another Cambodia, another Rwanda, unfold. And I believe the United States has a re
Let me extend a cautious welcome to the return of Tacitus.org. Tacitus has been down for revamping for about four months, but missed Tacitus, its leader, for a period longer than that. This led to th
Nice to see the Derb responding to his coveted nutwork slot by extending his wingnuttery beyond his usual discussions of buggery…
In case David Brooks’ effort to bathe and kiss the feet of Paul Wolfowitz have made you forget what a son of a bitch he is, make sure to read this from Juan Cole. A comparison between Bobo and
I share Matt Yglesias’ mild surprise at Utah’s spot at the top of the bankruptcy listings. I’ve never given the topic much thought, but I sort of expected that bankruptcy declarati
It’s not often that a single sentence can capture most all of what’s wrong with American journalism. Have you recently seen a phrasing that used more words to convey less information? Content aside, don’t you think they could have added a couple more qualifiers? But a wave of developments since the better-than-expected Iraqi elections in January […]
John Holbo does nice work with the always-good-for-a-laugh David Horowitz. I think we all knew that “Joltin’ Joe” de Maistre, Glenn Reynolds, and Harry Lime were all part of the sam
In interests of the scrupulously even-handed political analysis for which this blog is justly famed, I pointed out that Joe Lieberman (DINO-Conn) had actually voted for worthy amendments to the ghastl
I’m glad that Josh Marshall and Matt Yglesias knocked Joe Klein around for his embarrassing Press The Meat performance on Sunday. As they point out, not only is what Klein saying pretty much meaningless gibberish (“information age”, “third way”–aren’t those just annoying buzzwords that reactionary wankers use to sound smart?), but to the extent it has any content it […]
(Context: The Northwest Film Forum in Seattle has been hosting an Yasuhiro Ozu retrospective, screening 27 of Ozu’s 33 surviving films. I’ve managed to see six of them so far, and I may y
Yeah, I know, it’s March, but I wanted to see a couple more things (one of which ended up quite high on the list), and re-screen a couple that are out on DVD. (And, hey, I won’t be the las