Norbizness is really onto something here. I had never thought of there being a huge dropoff after one particular season; I had always assumed that the decline in quality had been gradual and episodic. But the dropoff between seasons 8 and 9 is really striking....
General
Congratulations to occasional commenter Leo on the triumph of his Michigan State Spartans, making an upset appearance in the Final Four. Even better, in doing so performing a national service.
Via Professor B., Brutal Women has a terrific post, commenting on a Paul Campos article. It is, in fact, quite remarkable that in the wall-to-wall coverage on the Schiavo affair,.
Steve Gilliard notes that perennial conservative vanity candidate Ralph Nader has made a "contribution" to the Schiavo debate.However, the title of the post is (unintentionally, I'm sure) misleading. As Gilliard (among many others) has demonstrated, Nader didn't "cross over" to the dark side; he's been...
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Charlie
The General sums up the modern GOP in one choice sentence:One of the things I like most about the Glorious Conservative Christian Cultural Revolution is that it allows us to.
Via Crooked Timber, John Gibson outdoes himself:But the point is, the temple of the law is so sacrosanct that an occasional chief executive cannot flaunt it once in a while, sort of drop his drawers on the courthouse steps and moon the judges, as a...
Those damn, dirty East Coast sportswriting hacks. . .Oh, wait. Nevermind.Hope the losses weren't too devastating.
Who is America's worst blogger? Some parameters:1. Partisanship cannot, in itself, be evidence of bad blogging. 2. The blogger must be "major" as in commonly read and referrred to.The two.
Amanda Marcotte and Roy Edroso find whatever connection Peggy "Mr. Reagan would not have dismissed the story of the dolphins as Christian kitsch" Noonan had with rationality permanently severed.
With Rob and Lindsay having spoken, I suppose I should put forth my best of the 90s list. Like Rob. I don't think there's any question that the 90s were far.
Eugene Volokh, while often one of the best conservative bloggers, has always teetered precariously over the shark tank of wingnuttery, and now he's dived right in. (Admittedly, Jim Henley accurately saw this.