My alienation from a show I used to watch religiously is even greater than Rob's; I haven't watched a second of either show in the new season. James Wolcott amplifies the points with some typically acute criticism (and further makes me want to watch it again...
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Courtesy of a friend of Seb (of Sadly, No fame), I now have a beta gmail account. So all readers of L, G &M who were not sending me feedback at.
A veritable Instapundit classic today: You know, the more I look at the new, Dean-channeling Kerry, the more I think that he doesn't expect to win. He's given up trying to.
Has anyone ever seen the Spanish movie The Spirit of the Beehive? I don't know much about it, but because the uprcoming screening at Hunter will be hosted by Pedro Almodovar, I guess I'll have to find out. Also, I'll be attending a reception for new...
Via the (thankfully returned) busybusybusy, this gem from the guy who took the Washington Post editorial page well beyond the shark: Ten years ago democracy was on the march, and its progress seemed.
I am pleased to note that the fine folks at W.W. Norton sent me a copy of the 9/11 commission report, unsolicited but welcomed. In addition, Phillip Roth's new novel The.
Much as I hate to admit it, I think the Florida Supreme Court was correct in its 6-1 ruling to allow Ralph Nader on the ballot. When laws are ambiguous, it seems reasonable to interpret them in ways that increase access to the ballot. What should...
Lindsay Beyerstein has a good review of Thomas Frank's new book. I do think, however, that her punchline underemphasizes the most important part of Frank's argument: Short answer: the habit.
You're all familiar with the classic hack circle-jerk, such as Glenn Reynolds fulsomely praising the wit and widsom displayed by Mickey Kaus on The Dennis Miller Show Starring Rupert Pupkin, thus.
On the other hand, this article reminds me of perhaps the most indefensible policy that most progressives either agree with or are indifferent about: the criminalization of prostitution. This isn't to say that I agree with the most simplistic libertarian defenses of decriminalization. The class makeup...
Unlike Matt Yglesias, I can't say I'm a libertarian per se even one minute of the day. Being a Canadian, even at my most libertarianish phase of adolescence I supported socialized.
Since this is a little long to be included in comments, a couple of quick points about the possibility of a pro-life feminism. The first thing to say is that the.