Steve Benen has a good item about how the new conservative/principled centrist line about the deficit is that it doesn’t matter who caused it, let’s not play the blame game etc…except that from now on we should blame Obama. One of the big things I’ve never gotten about politics is why it matters who you’d …
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Either a crackpot or the American Tolstoy
Catcher In the Rye didn’t make a huge impression on me when I read it in high-school, but I loved the Franny part of Franny and Zooey. James Wolcott has an excellent, short piece on why that’s his favorite part of Salinger’s work. The New York Times also has a terrific obit of Salinger, emphasizing …
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My Ross Douthat problem — and ours
Mother Jones has a big piece about Chunky David Brooks. Like it or not, he’s going to be with us in the NYT opinion pages, promoting holy wars and railing against animated films, for the next 40 years or so. If he starts shaving regularly, he may even be on television. I can’t speak for …
Another Open Thread
So unmotivated to do anything, and I have no idea why my arm hurts more today than yesterday.
Open Thread
Another day in paradise. I hate every one of you playing ME2.
Early Morning Open Thread: Rud-AIEEE!
At first glance, I read “Ghailiani” as “Guiliani”. That was really scary… Ted Rall periodically Goes Too Far, but he has a genius for combining two or more of the latest political outrages to best storytelling effect. (People will pay for content that’s worth paying for, and I have been subscribing to www.gocomics.com for six …
Heaven Help Us
Oh noes: Sen. Orrin Hatch threatened an all-out political “war” and promised a new high in partisan tensions if Democrats employ a rarely used Senate rule to win approval of their health reform bill. His provocative statements came a day after President Barack Obama made a plea for bipartisanship and cooperation in his State of …