I tried listening to Limbaugh’s Conservative PAC speech but I couldn’t make it past part2. According to part 1, I am a conservative. According to part 2, liberals are racists who want to tell everyone how to live their lives. … Continue reading
Who knew that this : Would become this: ? Can anyone in the first picture pick me out from the second? Vice versa?
There is not much I miss about England any more, mostly because my memories are fading and I’ve forgotten what I am supposed to be missing but it’s partly because a lot of the things I used to miss are … Continue reading
I finally watched both Obama’s speech and Jindal’s rebuttal. Obama was magnificent – it has been a while since I said that – but what was more striking was how stupendously bad Jindal was. I have been reading the commentary … Continue reading
Many people point to Scandinavia as an example of a successful, moral atheism. Anyone who has paid attention knows that Denmark and Sweden are among the least religious nations in the world. Polls asking about belief in God, the importance … Continue reading
In which David Frum points out that a large contingent under the republican big tent believes in a dangerous myth. The myth is the myth of the Goldwater triumph of 1964. It goes approximately as follows: In 1964, after years … Continue reading
About ten years ago, I was very taken with The Straight Dope, and every now and then – and against my better judgment – I go back and read it for old times’ sake. The same things about the style … Continue reading
Y’all have been following the there is probably no god campaign on buses in London? You can make your own now.
Roger Ebert has written a powerful, meandering essay about shame. He inspired me to add my own. Continue reading
The political blogs for the last few weeks have been talking about something called Liberaltarianism. It’s based around the idea that libertarians have more in common with a certain kind of liberal than they do with mainstream conservatives – or … Continue reading