. . . December 23 is the holy day of Festivus. Happy holidays, to the extent that such things are possible. For the ritual Airing of the Grievances, use the comments section. You'll feel better. As for myself, my most recent grievance is with Alaska Airlines,...
Nice to see Bob Somerby on board:Again, when we talk about what is “appealing” and authentic,” we enter extremely subjective territory. And oh yeah—we validate the type of discussion the.
Speaking of amusing front matter, I enjoyed the following, the first paragraph of the preface of a major American political theorist's first book: This book began as a doctoral dissertation,.
I dug into this exchange between Max Boot and Geoffrey Wheatcroft with some mild enthusiasm. Boot, while often wrong, at least tends to be interesting and is well-informed about military affairs. I knew less about Wheatcroft. I gave up, however, when I reached this passage:But those...
Read Brad Plumer's excellent article on the Houston janitorial strike, and what it may portend for union organizing in the South. Plumer has this interesting paragraph, which got me thinking:So.
Friday Cat Blogging... Bali
Travel day today, so very light blogging. In the meantime, enjoy Roy nominating Dr. Mrs. Ole Perfesser for a Robert Bork "It's the Sociological Significance" award, and 3 Bulls having fun with the Pitchfork Top 100 singles list.
Today is a day of great shame. On the upside, Duck basketball has started off very well. I'm sure that they'll also fail in pathetic fashion.
And I thought Alaska was a freakshow. Turns out my last two states of residence -- Virginia and Minnesota -- are linked together by the incoherent yodeling of Virgil Goode,.
GFR has a clever post about George Bush's one contribution to human discouse, the "fantasy tense." I think that Ken Pollack should be speaking in this tense full-time....see also Fred Kaplan on the "surge" folly. This point deserves particular emphasis:Kagan writes, "The President must call for...
Hugh Hewitt files a last-minute entry in the Golden Winger nominations, Soggy Biscuit division:And that’s why every president, whether you like him or not, deserves a Doris Kearns Goodwin, who.
Mr. Trend has a nifty little post about Brazil's World War II Memorial. Brazilian Rangers served in Italy in World War II, and Brazil's navy conducted anti-submarine patrols in both.