I'm glad that Matt alerted his readers to this classic SDB essay, which helpfully divides humans with vaginas into two categories: "women" (i.e. strippers and women who, hypothetically, will sleep with SDB or at least be incredibly flattered by awkward come-ons from co-workers) and "female...
Month: November 2007
If you didn't read Molly Ivors' latest deconstruction of Maureen Dowd -- which appears to be part of a much-needed if unintended series -- you owe yourself the pleasure. (It.
As to the overall merits of Commentary these days, Scott provided an apt summary the other day. As to the overall merits of the magazine's blog, I can't offer much.
It's election day in Kentucky, and Ernie Fletcher is about to become a lame duck. In general, it's a good idea to be following Bluegrass Roots, Ditch Mitch, Bluegrass Report, and Hillbilly Report. All of them should be blogging all day and into the evening....
The "Abortion hurts women" brigade continues in Wisconsin, where legislators are pushing a TRAP law to limit women's access to abortion, I mean "make sure women are not coerced into.
Although he's blocked any access to the post Matt references here (and that earned him a special judges' prize), Kieran Healy had the relevant excerpts:De facto [France is] allied with.
Over at Duck, PTJ has an interesting post about a student who decided to pursue a terminal MA in international relations in order to "certify idealism". PTJ is a bit hostile to this notion, for some good reasons, but I have to say that I...
Don Surber:[Melanie] Bunting goes on to blast the media for not reporting “the real story about what their government has done in Iraq.”Here’s the problem with that: It has.The trouble.
Gay-bashing with some regional ressentiment; the only tactic that state GOPs have left. Pat Boone was a nice touch, though, especially when you're trying to convince people that it would.
An interesting article by Elizabeth Weil on the strange origins of the current formula for lethal injections now under challenge at the Supreme Court:Hoping to coat the nastiness of killing with a veneer of medical respectability — and also hoping to save the state the...
It's Monday, which means it's time for another round of your [semi-]weekly Adam Liptak appreciation. This week, Liptak takes a closer look at the effect of Female Genital Mutilation on.
I concur with Ezra's list. Other strong candidates for me:BillmonJeanne D'Arc of Body and SoulSteve Gilliard (RIP)A White Bear of Is There No Sin In It?My first online editor, Sam.