Most of you probably know first-hand how outrageously biased Faux News has been towards the Ron Paul campaign. Beyond excluding him from one of the debates"but including Giuliani, who consistently runs behind Paul"it has gone further and actually EDITED the contents of a debate, to remove ...
In the NY Times, the always provocative Steven Pinker has an extended, very interesting analysis of the evolving science of evolutionary psychology. Or should I say “philosophy,” since in the essay he’s looking for biological roots that underlie the phenomenon of conscience. ...
How do you handle a romance between a Europhile Yankee (from New York CITY, no less) who pines for the Habsburgs and a patriotic sorority girl from Texas? Gingerly, with generous quantities of wit and Belgian beer (though she prefers Lone Star). The woman I love and I differ about a wide variety ...
Several of the most interesting commenters on this site (okay, I’ll name them: Sid Cundiff, John Ball, and the enigmatic, exquisite “Adriana,” whom I imagine as a younger Sonia Braga) are persistent critics of Nationalism, and take the opportunity whenever it presents itself to ...
I spent today traveling and meeting with colleagues. A few of us who support Ron Paul had dispirited discussions of the good doctor’s performance in New Hampshire; one fellow remarked, ruefully, that while Dr. Paul certainly does not share the hateful opinions which some sickening nutcases ...
Stanley Fish is a strange bird. After spending most of his career wrecking the humanities programs at eminent schools like Duke—with results that are visible, in the form of the unhinged ideologues on the faculty who lined up behind the “New Black Panthers” in their harassment ...
Well, then. Now we know. It’s nice to know what percentage of my fellow citizens of New Hampshire actually value peace and freedom: Around 10%. That may be the same ratio as prevails across the nation. Not terribly encouraging. It will make me a little more careful leaving my laundry in ...
On the day of the New Hampshire primary, a quick run down of the remaining candidates in the race, in order of their performance in the Iowa Caucus, according to pop culture references: Democrats Uncle Ben: Ethnic, but reassuring. He’s so articulate…. He sets such a good example, ...
Last Thursday’s Iowa caucus shook up both parties. I won"t try to suss out what's happening among the Democrats "except to note that the only candidates opposed to our occupation of Iraq, Biden, Kucinich, and Gravel, all tanked as expected. (See, democracy works!) The three who ...
Some of you may remember my periodic incursions into this delightful online magazine—mostly in the forms of excerpts from my books about the Christian liturgical year, peppered with political asides and squirrel recipes. Now, the good Taki and his proconsul, Richard Spencer, have been kind ...
