Was there any news today?

Posted by | 4:24 PM
Hmm...no interesting news this week...here's a post by self-described "conservative" Andrew Sullivan describing Bush's to...

TRIPLE MEGA-POST! Democratic Ideas; Regulation vs. Technology; Kossack Attack

Posted by | 10:21 PM
1. Remember that column by Jonathan Chait saying that liberals don't need big ideas ? Well, Kenneth Baer and Andrei Cherny, founders of ...

Fascist Alert!

Posted by | 12:08 PM
Of all the baleful political forces on this planet - Islamism, communism, etc. - one makes me worry far more than all the others combined. T...

3rd of July Roundup

Posted by | 11:58 AM
I know I haven't been as regular with the Noahpinions as I should be; this state of affairs will probably be permanent, since I'll s...

Sex is the opposite of reproduction

Posted by | 5:02 PM
Interesting article today about Japan's greying and shrinking population . I'll let the statistics speak for themselves: [T]he numbe...

The Latest from Chait - Liberalism and Big Ideas

Posted by | 4:31 PM
My efforts to shadow the writings of Jonathan Chait continue. His latest article is a rebuttal to the notion that "big ideas" wi...

Solving the riddle of the Neocons

Posted by | 12:05 PM
So-called "neoconservatives," a loosely applied term that includes Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Perle , and the Weekly Standard, are n...

Is Markos Moulitsas our Dear Leader?

Posted by | 12:04 PM
Among bloggers, I'm kind a cross between a white South African and Oscar the Grouch (I'm not what people think of when they say ...

Old power, new power

Posted by | 11:23 AM
Sometimes, after a long and mostly successful struggle, rebels don't know what to do when the bad guys change. In the history of the mod...

Freeing the Liberal Mind, Part 1

Posted by | 3:17 PM
After some lengthy and inspiring discussions with some young, bright, avid liberals, I've decided to do another series of posts about th...

Back from Bermuda and the 20th Century!

Posted by | 6:35 PM
Greetings, earthlings! I'm back from a short hiatus and ready to expound on all the vicissitudes of the modern age. Too much news while ...