Is it more evident among our political pundits or our sports pundits? How many times have we heard this since the beginning of the BCS system?Team X and Team Y are undefeated and stand atop the BCS standings, but Team Z is also undefeated. How...
Month: November 2005
In a post with rather more protein than wisdom, Jeff Goldstein accuses Kevin Drum of "lying by omission" because while Drum claimed that Reynolds was attacking the patriotism of "Democrats".
A few years ago Anthony Cordesman coined the phrase "Buffy Paradigm". The Buffy paradigm is a way of approaching foreign policy and national security problems that mirrors the environment faced.
In light of the latest manifestation of Glenn Reynolds' demagogic hackery, I think we need to be reminded of how Kevin Drum's title should probably be modified along the lines suggested by Ambrose Bierce: In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last...
Though poppies grow, in Flanders' Fields
When you think about it, it's amazing how many aspects of Republican economic and foreign policy Homer's reasoning can account for. ("This time, huge-tax-cuts-with-increased-spending-except-for-food-stamps program is sure to work!")
Shorter Glenn Reynolds: If only the Democrats would abandon the confiscatory tax rates and stagnant economic growth of the Clinton years and embrace the booming growth and lush surpluses of the fiscally sensible Bush years, I wouldn't really consider voting for them anyway but I'm...
Eighty-seven years since the end of the Great War. My thoughts on Veterans/Armistice Day can be found here.
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Frodo
I figured that Linus was a strong possibility, but I guess this isn't surprising in retrospect...You are Charlie Brown! Which Peanuts Character are You?brought to you by Quizilla(Via Lance.)
I see Stuart Taylor is again trying to sell the "Alito is a harmless moderate" line with a lot of diversion and pretty much no evidence. I'll probably have more.
Ezra sez:At this point, virtually the only initiative I'd vote for is one to get rid of initiatives. It's not that the voters are bad folks, but they're not trained.