I agree with mistermix about John Huntsman but….Steve M. points out that Glenn Beck loves the guy. Interesting.
Archives for January 2011
The Things That Upset Them
The poo-flinging monkeys are apparently all enraged because Obama noted both the Christian dead and wounded and the Muslim wounded in suicide attacks in Egypt: Here is the offending statement: I strongly condemn the separate and outrageous terrorist bombing attacks in Egypt and Nigeria. The attack on a church in Alexandria, Egypt caused 21 reported …
Boardwalk Empire
I assumed that war wounds and the Boardwalk were the product of special effects, but I wouldn’t have guessed that throwing a body out of a boat would need as much work.
NFL Open Thread
This time I’m serious. And it is actually Sunday. Also, too. Go STILLERS! (btw- I have an 11′ Steelers flag in my front yard for today’s game)
The rise of overclass theories
I just read a very interesting article about Straussians (it’s a fairly old article, but new to me). I recommend the whole thing; I learned a lot from it, I think I now understand why neoconservatives have become interested in neuroscience (it’s a way of attacking Enlightenment ideas of the blank slate), for example. It …
For profit colleges
I find the whole debate over for-profit colleges fascinating. They are clearly a scam (EDIT: they aren’t all scams but Kaplan and Phoenix are), but the Washington Post shills for them, because they’re a bit source of revenue for the paper’s parent company, and conservatives like them because they’re “free market” and they may finally …
Trolling the Villagers
Judging from this Huntsman might run in ’12 piece, Tina Brown’s New Year’s resolution must have been to amp up the speculative, contrarian Villager bait at Newsweek. It’s hard to improve on James Fallows’ reasons why being the sitting Chinese ambassador is a less-than-ideal platform for launching a run for President, but I’ll add that …