This piece on the growing popularity of scotch in Latin America reminds me again of the connections between scotch and social status in the developing world. When I lived in Asia, wherever I was, anyone who was anyone had at least one bottle of Johnny...
Month: February 2012
As a labor historian and writer, I think a lot about why Americans lean so much more to the right than most of the rest of the European diaspora. Why.
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that PropH8 is unconstitutional. I am very concerned that this will undermine Newt Gingrich's commitment to the sacred institution of heterosexual marriage. Obviously, good news,.
Every election cycle, Democratic politicians come feasting at the union trough, using unions to raise money and coordinate get out the vote campaigns. Nobody on the Democratic side does these things better. So what do unions get in return? Lip service. Or worse. Such as...
Shorter Bobo: I find the "technocrats" in the Obama administration demoralizing because they don't understand the core of any successful anti-poverty formula: unplanned pregnancies, and plenty of 'em. And don't.
As you might expect, Ross Douthat is unhappy about the backlash against the Komen Foundation's decision to defund Planned Parenthood. Much of his argument consists of assertions of media bias.
If Karl Rove hates something, I would indeed inclined to support it if I didn't already.
Politico, or the Onion? The Republican presidential primary might be ready for another twist. Rick Santorum, the winner of the Iowa caucuses who has finished poorly in the four contests.
My wife claims that because I pay so little attention to lips when watching television—the deaf love nothing more than a tolerant spouse and a volume button—I end up pausing.
On February 6, 1919, the Seattle General Strike began. This event, the most successful general strike in American history, was also arguably the most serious working-class threat to industrial capitalism industrialists ever faced. The forces of order certainly felt this way. It also spurred on...
His campaign is still working with white supremacists. But, anyway, this stuff (whether past or present) just represents "character defects," like adultery or something. He's great on civil liberties for.
Niall Ferguson. Defending terrible ends using embarrassingly unserious arguments is Ferguson's specialty, so it's hard to isolate any particularly argument as being especially bad. One can start with his inability.