This thread reminds me to finally get around to articulating the following principle:As a discussion thread on a liberal blog grows longer, the probability of a troll indulging his (or, in rare cases, her) consuming obsession with Amanda Marcotte irrespective of her relevance to the thread...
Thers quotes the first half of the Scalia quote approvingly cited by Ann Althouse. I'd like to deal with the second:"What Shakespeare is to the high school English student," Scalia.
On Air America's website, the brilliant Mark Green (the newest incompetent owner) has an open comments thread so you can let him know what a great job he's doing. I.
This is a very good list, granting that #4 should probably be #1. Becks offers a good alternate suggestion. I would like to add this, which courtesy of Rob and frequent commenter JRD remains the greatest joke gift of all time. (And yes it does consist...
Some international relations analysts worry that the Bush regime has destroyed the prospects for nation-building. It's a variant of the "Iraq syndrome."Never fear, however, Bush allies have solved the problem:.
So Wolfie is now holed up in his office with a shotgun and a year's supply of Twinkies, and he's not coming out without a deal, ya stinkin' pigs.Meantime, Rick.
I know it's redundant to use a phrase like "Althouse reveals her ignorance," but in this post the dumb just clings to her words like fresh morning dew:And why does reading even need to be a separate subject from history in school? Give them history texts...
XM suspends Opie & Anthony 30 days for the hye-larious rape fantasies on their program. (I'm not going to say "jokes," because they weren't. They weren't even in the form.
I'm not sure what's more depressing about yesterday's debate--the current frontrunner enthusiastically and unequivocally supporting torture, or how well in went over in the audience. Obviously, Giuliani's authoritarianism is going.
Garance, Matt and zuzu have already amply demonstrated the bad faith, distortions, and selective evidence of the latest manifestation of Christina Hoff Sommers's feeble "American feminists don't care about the suppression of Islamic women" routine. And, of course, American feminists are in a no-win situation. One...
Nancy Nall has a very good and insightful post about the new biography of Warren Zevon compiled by his long -suffering (and suffering, and suffering) ex-wife Crystal, which was also.
A toast of Campari, ginger ale and soda to Jerry.He told Christine Amanpour on CNN last week that he'd been praying to God for 20 more years of life so.