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A brief interlude in C minor
I've been away from the blogging world for a few days, so to all my millions of loyal screaming fans, here's an article to tide you ...
The American Nightmare - an opportunity.
Posted by Unknown | 4:44 AM
Today I read this article , called "Replant the American Dream," by Sebastian Mallaby. Normally, I skip over columns like this, ex...
How the hippies saved capitalism
Posted by Unknown | 7:20 AM
My thought of the day: The hippies saved capitalism. By "hippies" I am referring very loosely to the liberal, idealistic members o...
The Future of Liberalism - Post 3
Posted by Unknown | 9:20 AM
This is the third post in a 4-post series (here are Post 1 and Post 2 ), discussing the future of the movement called liberalism, which I h...
Pessimistic reading guide
Posted by Unknown | 5:27 AM
For all those of you who woke up on the right side of the bed today with a spring in your step and the certainty in your hearts that all is ...
A break from politics: Harry Potter sucks
Posted by Unknown | 12:29 AM
A few short hours from writing this post, I will go and pay $15US to see a sneak preview of the new Harry Potter movie . And boy am I excite...
Will powerless
Posted by Unknown | 8:18 AM
Note that I've decided to ape The New Republic , and have thus started to name my posts with mildly clever puns. Next I may decide to co...
Oh My God. Yes.
Posted by Unknown | 7:01 PM
Ali G fans, drop whatever you are doing and read this immediately . (All others ignore this post.)
The Art of Class War
Posted by Unknown | 3:22 AM
In this article in the Washington Post , Sebastian Mallaby offers his thoughts on class in America. Mallaby points out that Republicans in ...
Reading Guide Roundup
Posted by Unknown | 7:17 AM
In this article , televangelist Pat Robertson declares that God may or may not send natural disasters to punish the people of Dover, Pennsyl...
Yes and no...
Posted by Unknown | 7:28 PM
Well, It looks as if, in Pennsylvania, life evolved on its own , while in Kansas it might have been created by a higher intelligence . Well,...
A little less freak, a little more -nomics, please...
Posted by Unknown | 10:15 PM
I just finished reading Freakonomics , the acclaimed bestseller that explains many of modern life's little quirks with basic economic th...
The best Weekly Standard article ever written...
Posted by Unknown | 2:47 AM
...I realize that's not saying much, considering I once called the Standard "the 'If we spend all our time explaining why ever...
Blogging on the cheap
Posted by Unknown | 12:26 AM
Just back from a weeklong jaunt to Tokyo. Haven't had so much time for blogging, so here's a (slightly modified) excerpt from an ema...
