This comment on a previous thread intrigued me (the first question, that is—although the second was a bit intriguing, also). The query posed: back when I was a liberal Democrat, if I’d met a group composed mostly of conservatives, and … Continue reading →
This is good. This is very good: the name OSM (Open Source Media) turns out to have had a brief but unhappy life, and is being tossed into the dustbin of history, exactly where it belongs, IMHO. Welcome back old … Continue reading →
A while back I received an e-mail from a reader who made the following request: I am writing to ask if you could use your insight to explore a subject that fascinates me, and that is leadership, and why, I … Continue reading →
Cathy Young responded to yesterday’s post of mine about Iraq with a post of her own, from which I’ve excerpted the following: Now, there is another argument being made: that critics of the war, should they succeed, will be responsible … Continue reading →
The Anchoress has written this wonderful post, so I don’t have to. Read the whole thing, please, but most particularly this: Right now, the insurgents are being vastly encouraged by what they read coming out of the mouths of Democrats … Continue reading →
I’m visiting relatives who subscribe to the New York Review of Books, a publication that isn’t ordinarily my favorite reading matter. But whenever I’m here I can’t resist the temptation to pick it up, despite the fact that I know … Continue reading →
Well, I don’t think you’ll get the definitive report on the OSM (I still think of it as Pajamas Media) get-together here. But I have no guilt about that–there are plenty of other bloggers who can easily fill you in. … Continue reading →
Hi everyone. I’m spending the day at the Open Source Media (née Pajamas Media) opening gala in New York City. I thought I’d have time to post but I’ve just been too busy having fun and talking to people. See … Continue reading →
Don Surber has pointed out that recently–first on October 6, and then again yesterday–Bush has begun to use the word “Islamofascism” in his speeches to name the enemy. I have a bit of history with that word myself, and so … Continue reading →
It’s official; neo-neocon will not become a playing card in aaron’s Deck O’Bloggers. However, thanks to your valiant efforts I made a respectable showing despite my eleventh hour entry into the game. But, no excuses (although come to think of … Continue reading →
Dr. Sanity tackles that old bugaboo, Bush-Derangement-Syndrome (BDS), and tries to drive a stake into its vigorously beating heart. Her post is a good description of how the psychological mechanism of displacement functions in deflecting the hatred and fear of … Continue reading →
Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran has scored a surprising amount of popular success, currently ranked around #300 at Amazon, and amassing close to 300 comments there as well. For a fairly literary and even somewhat didactic work subtitled “A … Continue reading →