Henry, I think, has the best take I've read on Jon Chait's netroots article. Chait's take is actually pretty good in many respects, but is also marred by his unwillingness to believe that people might disagree with the positions of Democratic centrists for substantive rather than...
Today all eyes turn toward Kentucky. Her Majesty is in attendance. Rumour has it that George Clooney is supposed to be around, as well, but I'm not sure about that..
Above: A drink that is not a martini.Who says the Emm-Ess-Emm can't tell hard, necessary truths?Before we discuss the findings, though, we need to clear up a little matter. It’s.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Rutenberg seem to have mistaken King Ralph for reality: How does George W. Bush, a towel-snapping Texan who puts his feet on the coffee table, drinks water straight from the bottle and was once caught on tape talking with food in...
For anyone remotely familiar with the history of Darwinian thought as a prop for socially recalcitrant views of "human nature," there's not much new in this Times piece -- though.
I can't believe they're sending Paris Hilton to jail for 45 days. Staggered, really. What's most surprising is that the judge's order specifically excludes the special segregation jails detailed in.
Inspired by recent works of genius, Mungojerry and Rumpleteaser prepare to film their own parody of an Althouse vlog. (Not pictured: wine glasses, television, dignity, etc.)(Image link)
I saw the much-raved-about, almost certainly Tony-winning Spring Awakening last night. The first half was objectively pretty awful--as you would expect based on the composer rather than the reviews, the.
Friday Cat Blogging... Starbuck and Nelson
Maybe if you don't want to get banned from YouTube, you should take the wad of Big League Chew out of your mouth when you're talking to yourself in a hotel mirror, you pig.Just sayin' is all.
Mark Dery:OK, so maybe I'm overstepping the bounds of my Learning Annex degree in pop psychology. But the hidden costs of our overcompensatory hypermachismo are far worse than a few.
Has youth chess become a really big deal? The need for a classic Slate contrarian-style rebuttal would seem to suggest so. Back in my day, high school chess had most.