Via Paperwight, Tristero has a nice post on the John Birch Society. Maybe we don't hear so much about them, he suggests, because their platform has become that of the modern Republican Party. The John Birch Society arose in the late 50's and rapidly grew to considerable prominence....
There have been a number of interesting observations regarding libertarian hawks in the last few days. Matt Yglesias points out that many who consider themselves libertarians actually aren't, and thus can't.
My religious commitment to Law and Order has waned in recent years due to a number of factors. I hate Elizabeth Rohm, and wish she would die. I don't care.
Professor Cole is on a roll: But I have a hard time rushing to Yusuf Islam's defense because I never forgave him for advocating the execution of Salman Rushdie in 1989. He endorsed Khomeini's "fatwa" or death edict against Rushdie for the novel, Satanic Verses. He...
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 why the allegedly reliable Survey USA people are coming up with reason-defying numbers like a tie in...
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.
Sully is having a real hard time. He's not an idiot, meaning that he can't believe that the project in Iraq is going well. On the other hand, he's arrogant.
One of Juan Cole's finest: President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country. What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that...
Between Kristof and Beldar, I'd say we've asymptotically approached the truth enough for there to be not a whole lot of interesting argument left. Two of Kerry's Purple Hearts are.
Paperwight does a damn fine job of pointing out how all of the above are a better use of time than trying to answer the specific charges of right wing.