Shorter Glenn Reynolds and Charles Johnson: Iraq is about to get a theocratic constitution with the assent of the American government, and George Bush has nothing to do with it.
Author: Scott Lemieux
Shorter Michael Lind: The idea that women should make the same money as men for performing work of similar skill is nuttier than anything proposed by Stalin or Mao. And.
Via the comments at Ailes, both Assrocket and The Big Trunk express their fondness for the pseudo-scientific racialism of Steve Sailer. Hinderaker touts an allegedly "brilliant" article called "Why Lesbians.
s.z. on Coyote Ugly. The even more heart-warming ending is that David McNally would go onto to direct Kangaroo Jack, the La Regle Du Jeu of crudely animated faux-hipster kangaroo movies.In other bad movie news: Among the general hilarity of TBogg's account of a wingnut...
Via Teresa, a very good post about Bret Easton Ellis' new novel, which is apparently as bad as it sounds. And Dana is certainly right about the initial Times review..
Many people have already said it, but this really is a remarkable piece of work. I'm reminded of nothing so much as Jim Henley's description of Eugene Volokh: "I've always.
Since I'm wont to complain about travel misadventures, I should note that I was able to get a room in an elegant (if aging) 4-star downtown hotel for a ridiculously cheap rate (about the same price I paid for an awful hotel in a worse...
Henry Farrell releases the final tally. The literally McCarthyite tactic of equating disagreement with Republican foreign policy with treason is alive and well among prominent conservative commentators.Relatedly, some members of.
Poor Ed Morrissey. His attempt to gin up a scandal based on the insane, evidence-free ramblings of Curt Weldon is going down in flames. So now he's bringing his inimitable.
The good news is that someone at NRO has overcome political objections in order to praise a movie. The bad news:So why exactly is crude Deuce irresistible? If you can get beyond the aforementioned, European Gigolo might be the most unlikely laugh-out-loud-funny date movie. You'll...
I tend, as longtime readers know, to find broad claims about "gentrification" to encompass too many distinct concepts to be useful. I think Phoebe Maltz's term "blandification" could be potentially.
This post by Eugene Volokh, following up his approving citation of the odious James Taranto making silly claims about "[t]hose Westerners who side with the "Iraqi resistance" against America," digs.