Here’s one…
…of those “dumb criminals” stories. Not just dumb, but out to lunch. Or maybe dinner.
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More on Against Autonomy
That book of Conly’s is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? Much fascinating discussion in yesterday’s thread, which is not even the first time we’ve discussed it (see also this and this). I especially recommend your wading through … Continue reading →
Roy Brown Jr. must have known,…
…for all these long years, that his obituary would feature the fact that he was the designer of the Edsel. My guess is that, at 96, he’d made his peace with that: Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford … Continue reading →
Against Autonomy revisited
I recently wrote about Sarah Conly’s newly-released book Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism here and here, so you’d think I’d be done with the dreadful thing. But a friend sent me a video interview with the author, and I couldn’t … Continue reading →
A conservative house divided
I’ve written about this topic before, and will probably do so again. I’m writing about it today because this piece by DrewM at Ace’s really resonated with me: The internecine fighting we see today on the right isn’t simply on … Continue reading →
Predictably enough, the left…
…praises Chavez in their valedictories. Ed Driscoll lists a lot of the links here, thoughtfully saving me the distasteful task. Chief among them is President Jimmy Carter, who admits that Chavez had a couple of little flaws but was on … Continue reading →
Hugo Chavez…
…has died, according to Venezuela’s Vice President Nicolas Maduro. Impossible as yet to tell what the repercussions will be: an end to tyranny there, or just a continuation under another leader? Fausta’s blog is a good place to go for … Continue reading →
Now it can be told: Obama’s Afghan policy
Vali Nasr has written a book, a portion of which has been excerpted in Foreign Policy. His piece represents another curious effort to discredit Obama from the left, and is far more hard-hitting than Bill Keller’s. Nasr is a Tehran-born … Continue reading →
Bill Keller gets his comeuppance
Yesterday I wrote about Bill Keller’s Times op-ed giving Obama a little love tap—the mildest of criticisms book-ended between much Republican-blaming—but criticism nevertheless. Well, as you might expect, Keller’s apostasy has not escaped his journalist colleagues on the left, who … Continue reading →
Boob school
No, it’s not college. Boob school is where women learn what size bra actually fits them, and are introduced to the perils of the side boob, the quadraboob, the high rider, the super drooper, the big stand-off, and the ledge. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Watch Bill Keller tap dance—it’s not a pretty sight
In a way you might say this op-ed by Bill Keller of the NY Times is rather brave. Why? Because he actually, kinda, sorta, criticizes President Obama. It’s even called “Obama’s Fault,” although I’m not quite sure why, because it … Continue reading →