I was watching a show a few months ago featuring an author who wrote a book about talking to boys. In her book she asked boys, essentially, “What’s important about being a boy?” Number 4 on the list--if I’m remembering correctly--was “being funny.” This author also...
Yes, wingnuts are still making the "how can there be global warming if there's snow today nyuk nyuk nyuk" arguments: If you needed proof that God has a wicked sense.
Sargent's analysis is exactly right: So House Republican leaders are bowing to the inevitable and are going to allow a vote on a clean debt limit hike. In a statement.
A handy guide to the second-greatest sport at the winter Olympics.
Dead Horse Trail (originally known as White Pass Trail), Alaska, circa 1898.
In this week's episode of Foreign Entanglements, I speak with Steve Saideman about the recent difficulties with the International Studies Association: We also talk at length about Steve's new book,.
I have a piece noting that the "it's not that I'm a bigot, but I have to respect the desires of other bigots" argument has 1)always been used to justify discrimination and 2)is a really horrible argument: Anyone familiar with the breaking of the color line...
Shorter Verbatim James Taranto: "If two drunk drivers are in a collision, one doesn't determine fault on the basis of demographic details such as each driver's sex. But when two.
Just a little peek at my process... A lot of my work/hobby/passion involves looking at stock photography--I look at a lot of it. Sometimes I browse stock because I am.
Rich people concerned about the health of the poor are perplexed: In inner cities and poor rural areas across the country, public health advocates have been working hard to turn around — neighborhoods where fresh produce is scarce, and greasy fast food abounds. In many cases,...
Good news from the Oakland of the North. Because the city (unlike the home of the NFC runner-ups) has not egregiously abused zoning laws to protect the financial interests of.
Let's leave aside the fact that Woody Allen is accused (whether justly or unjustly) of sexually assaulting a child in real life whereas Humbert Humbert is a character in a.