Iowahawk nails the Palin conspiracists
What the rest of us drone on about seriously and far more tediously, Iowahawk skewers with wit. Just read it. [Hat tip: commenter “expat.”]
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Meet the new, kinder, gentler Andrew Sullivan
I don’t like to link to Sullivan, so I’ll link instead to Ann Althouse’s post about him, which alerted me to the following passage representing his new attempt to talk about his béªte noire Sarah Palin while taking the high … Continue reading →
Loughner, dangerousness, and the collective gut feeling
It seems that nearly everyone who came into contact with Jared Loughner during the past year or two sensed that he was weird, perhaps even crazy. Nor did the form his oddity took seem harmless, although as far as we … Continue reading →
LBJ orders some pants
I’d heard this excerpt from the LBJ audio tapes before, but I forgot about it till Ed Driscoll reminded me. Here’s a man who pay attention to detail. So folks, does this qualify as civil discourse? Put This On: LBJ … Continue reading →
The HCR PR war continues: pre-existing conditions
A new report has been released by HHS Secretary Sebelius as part of the Democratic campaign to convince people that the HCR bill they have grown to loathe will actually help them. This, by the way, is a completely separate … Continue reading →
Palin and the press
Ross Douthat thinks the Palin/press war is a cycle of violence. He appears to equate the perpetration of baseless attacks with defending oneself against them; they both keep that cycle going, don’t they? Best to turn the other cheek in … Continue reading →
I’m not going to…
…even try to explain this: Nothing much has changed, except that Jay is old enough to not be a prodigy any more.
Continue reading →Clarification: my opinion about Obama’s Tucson speech
From the evidence of certain comments and a couple of emails I’ve received, it seems I didn’t make myself clear enough when I first discussed Obama’s Tucson speech—even when I expanded on my position here and here in the comments … Continue reading →
“This is normal; this is what we do.”
Excellent article in the NY Times (yes, the NY Times) on the medical response in the first hours after the shooting. It is hands-on work, as you will see.
Continue reading →On Tunisia and Wikileaks
Michael Totten recommends that you read Barry Rubin on Tunisia. I second the motion.
Continue reading →If you’re going to commit adultery…
…don’t do it in the marital bed. It tends to make the deceived spouse very very angry. There aren’t too many betrayals that cause as much rage as infidelity, nor as deep a rage. But apparently the worst way to … Continue reading →
A Blow for civility on the left
Charles Blow pushes the civility program and chides the left for blaming the right for the Tucson slayings. His column is fairly hard-hitting, especially considering that his sympathies are clearly with the left. He nevertheless calls its campaign at linkage … Continue reading →