What's most amazing about the elements of the right who are fighting rhetorical battles on behalf of the president isn't so much the mendacity, although that can be pretty awe-inspiring. It's the unbelievably low assessment of the intelligence of their audience. The Weekly standard is...
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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.
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 convince swing voters that he's serious on the war. I think this is about firing...
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,.
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 don't know why I forget to read them for months at a time. This one renders all past and future David Brooks mockery obsolete. via Pandagon.
I'm satisfied with the blogospheric account of the huge Bush lead in Gallup (signifigant oversampling of GOP, based on some crack-smokingly incomprehensible sample adjustment methodology). Now can someone tell me.
I'm sad I missed this, because it appears as though (it's hard to say without actually seeing it) Stewart did about as good of job as anyone I've seen actually remaining.
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 Plot Against America--which I've been looking forward to for months--was in stock at the local...
At some point in my life, I was mildly amused by some scenes in a National Lampoon movie, the one with Chevy Chase. I can't speak for most of their.
This little item from Kos is interesting, and gives me an excuse to relate a dream I recently. In the dream, I was lazing about the house one morning, and.