I think it was the best option for the Obama campaign.
Month: March 2008
This review of Gusher Of Lies makes me wonder whether the bad arguments are the book’s or the reviewer’s. For example, Bryce’s attacks on ethanol seem very convincing, but in what wa
Since I really, really Don’t Get Garrison Keillor, at least I can say that I don’t find this disillusioning. (I mean, given the esteem with which his wit is inexplicably held in many quart
I’ve created an ESPN group for this year’s Tournament. Group Name: Lawyers, Guns and Moneypassword: zevon
Yglesias on Abe Foxman giving a pass to the anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-gay, all-purpose nut whose endorsement John McCain assiduously sought out: “What does Foxman have to say about all t
Chris Partlow and Felicia “Snoop” Pearson vs. Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield?
As befits a group full of social maladjusts, the blogosphere has turned out some good stuff on the passing of E. Gary Gygax. Jason Sigger has a good round-up and a nice tribute here. Russell Arben Fox also has a nice remembrance. A friend forwarded this article from two years ago, written by Paul La […]
According to new numbers released by Survey USA today, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama win in match-ups against McCain. Obama wins by more (and wins 4 more states than Clinton); the numbers sugg
The Chronicle sponsored a contest recently in which readers suggested designs for the new $500 million library to be built at Integritude U. We thought that Chronicle readers would have their own idea
Michael Graham at the Boston Herald has his panties in a bunch over Harvard’s decision to create a women-only hour in the school’s gym, so that Muslim women can exercise comfortably and in keeping with the rules of modesty imposed by Sharia. He calls discrimination against those poor Harvard boys who have been sidelined by […]
Barney Miller vs. Cedric Daniels?
Dahlia Lithwick infers them: 1. It’s not sexism if it’s women trashing women. 2. Writing by women about women need not be held to the same critical or analytical standards as writing by men be