In today’s installment, we have Charlotte Allen — remember her? — essaying some MoDo-like gender analysis for the readership of The Weekly Standard, with inevitably embarrassing results.
Month: February 2010
John Murtha has passed. He became a strong and courageous critic of the Iraq War (although he voted for the initial authorization). His overall legacy is mixed, particularly given his twitchy connecti
Timothy Burke’s post on how characters who originated during a particular cultural moment in the first half of the Twentieth Century are incapable of escaping it is compelling: Batman (and most
Yesterday at the United States Naval Institute blog, a regular contributor posted an incoherent, hate-filled screed about how teh gays were going to ruin the King James Bible if they were allowed to openly serve in the military. Check it out, and make sure to read the comment thread; note especially how the contributor rolls […]
Apparently depends on who you ask. My kids’ favorite: (Though, it did make me wonder: does Google really need to advertise?) Personally, I thought this one was pretty awesome, if only for the la
Sean Payton made two great unconventional calls in this game: going for it on fourth and a long yard at the goal line late in the second quarter, and of course the onside kick to open the second half.
Yes, I believe so.
A number of you have emailed me a link to the latest Jack Cashill article, and although I understand why, I’m not any better equipped to deal with his unsubtle descent into pure lunacy than you
It almost certainly won’t be the most entertaining sports event of the day, but maybe we’ll get lucky again (this recent trend of Super Bowls that are actually good games has been weird, b
I’m not sure what’s going in Queens. A student unleashes Graffiti of Mass Destruction and isn’t even strip-searched before being handcuffed and detained? No waterboarding? Why, before you know it she might try to smuggle an Advil into school! Clearly, there’s just no discipline these days. Update [PC]: This week’s Roman Polanski Award for Inappropriate […]
Nicholas Kristof is writing about Congo again this morning: It’s easy to wonder how world leaders, journalists, religious figures and ordinary citizens looked the other way while six million Jews we
Given that Rob has been ruminating lately about the US government’s defense strategy for twenty-first century wars, consider this set of interesting data on war casualties. A new report, out abo