What is it that irritates me about Mickey Kaus? Is it that his sixth-rate blog inexplicably gets first rate internet real estate? Is it that he sounds more like a Hollywood gossip columnist than a political analyst? Is it the deep personal animosity towards Kerry? "Suspicious...
Standing at the podium this morning, drinking my coffee, waiting to start my class. . . "Professor Farley," a student says. "Yes?" "I was wondering. . . My dad is.
Elton Beard effectively sums up Tom Friedman's latest ad hoc theory. But what strikes me most about it is that he chooses an example that completely repudiates his thesis: Is Vladimir Putin's.
Ezra Klein has an interesting discussion about the latest journalistic thumbsucker about blogs. My favorite part of the article he cites, however, is its discussion of the blogosphere's "rock stars," which includes...Mickey Kaus. Mickey Kaus. First of all, as Ezra points out, in terms of stature he's nowhere near...
Tacitus is concerned the the election of Kerry will end the peculiarly American quest for a democratic world. John Kerry thinks that stability may sometimes be more important than democracy. The.
I have fewer misgivings about Kerry than either Scott or Dave. Although I supported Clark at one point (and still support him for VP), I've always thought that Kerry would.
When it comes to pragmatic arguments about Nader, I basically don't see the point. That Gore would have won had Nader not run in 2000 is indisputable; trying to argue the point is like arguing with creationists. It's also true that this outcome was not inevitable,...
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First substantive post!!! Matt is right. No sense in state ownership of liquor stores. It would be interesting to track the existence of public ownership on a state by state basis;.
So here I am, the first syllable of the blogspot address...
Briscoe and McCoy on the weekend... UPDATE: This post was to test out link-creating. It seems to work fine. And because it's a pretty cool picture, on Law and Order,.
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