Since everyone else in the world appears to be watching the BCS Championship game with slackened jaws, this might be a good time to admit that until this afternoon, I had never watched a single minute of The Sopranos. I realize that this information -- had...
7-0 on the first play. Let this serve as a game open thread.
Shortly after Christmas Brian Leiter linked to this Corey Robin essay on Arendt on totalitarianism, and posed a general question about the political relevance of Hannah Arendt's work. So far,.
I just returned from Atlanta, a city that is evidently committed to the principle that free wireless connections must not be allowed to take root anywhere. I thought I might be able to sneak in a quick Althousian post addressing the mediocre wardrobe choices that govern...
Here's a surprise:Families earning more than $1 million a year saw their federal tax rates drop more sharply than any group in the country as a result of President Bush’s.
Charlotte Allen using a Young Americans for Freedom list of college courses it doesn't like to churn out a quick, lame, and uninformed op-ed is a well-worn and extremely tired.
Let's say you're a prominent blogger with a well-known shtick of alternating boot-licking Republican hackery with claims that anyone who disagrees with you about anything is excessively "partisan" (usually as a substitute for substantive engagement.) Let's say that someone making mild fun of said persona posts...
Sorry for the light blogging; I am furiously rushing to finish a couple of syllabi that I should have finished weeks ago. The problem with winter break is that it.
I'm always up for some Strunk & White bashing. [Via U.O.]
The House of Savoy is one of the oldest noble families in Europe. In 1003, Humbert the White Handed was made Count of Savoy, a mountainous region along the modern French-Italian border, in return for military service. Humbert's heirs would add slowly to the holdings of...
One reason I like football somewhat less than hockey or baseball is that I've never been a really big fan of any team. This playoff game, however, is my Maximum.
Lord Saletan:The political fight over animal cloning is just beginning. It's a lot like the fight over human cloning, except that the roles are reversed. Right-wing groups and Republican senators.