Matt Yglesias briefly notes a historical lacuna: But if fireworks we are meant to have (and apparently we are) then must they really be accompanied by the 1812 Overture? The United States, after all, was on the other side of that particular war,** which I think...
Spiderman 2 has inspired a conversation between Crooked Timber, Matthew Yglesias and Brayden King. I have no comment on the debate, but I will say (along with most everyone else, except the Young Hegelians.
Speaking of crackpot conservative journals, Terrific post by Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged about Bill Buckley and civil rights.
From the front page of the web home of The Weekly Standard: Fahrenheit 9/11 connects dots that aren't there. by Matt Labash. Then, all of four stories down: There was a Saddam-Osama connection and we're learning more every day. by Stephen F. Hayes Wait, it gets better...
First question: how many 'reviews' of Bill Clinton's book does the NYT plan on running? We're up to three now, by my count. Second question: How many times does Larry.
Picking the very worst moment in Nader's Press the Meat interview this morning is easy, despite the reiteration of sizist attacks on Michael Moore. To paraphrase: Q: The Congressional Black Caucus met.
Good evaluation of veep candidates at TAP online. The Gephardt critiques are nothing new, but show that the hostility isn't just limited to free traders. The Graham piece is a good one; if anything, I'd prefer Gephardt. The most important report is on Vilsack; they actually make a...
It's becoming clear that while the Bush campaign has spent an awful lot of money on ads, they don't appear to have gotten much in return. This is, of course,.
Tom Schaller commenting on a David Broder column at Gadflyer: And that’s because we’ve reached the point in American discourse (if one can still call it that) where not even criticism.
Wonkette suggests a much more likely possibility than the "Hillary for Veep" being touted by Drudge. The problem with Drudge's argument, of course, is that it will be *Bill* Clinton who will be the veep--Hillary will be the nominee after the brokered convention. I mean, clearly Drudge...
In a discussion on the appropriate ways to talk about the South and southerners on this post esteemed reader and frequent commenter Erik says Third, it's good that we can't really make.
Rob and I recently discussed in comments the importance of taking on the best arguments made by people who disagree with you, rather than the worst. This is advice I.