No time to write this morning…but I did have enough time to read: • Lori Gottlieb in the Atlantic: “How to Land Your Kid in Therapy“ • Robert Reich on NPR: “It’s the Demand Side, Stupid!“ • Dana Milbank in the Washington Post: “Obama’s Trash-Talking Presser” (Incidentally, this means that the Administration got my memo … Continue reading
Prelude (in case you’ve not been following the Jon Stewart-Chris Wallace argument): Jon Stewart’s made waves over the last week for pointing out Chris Wallace’s unintentional unveiling of Fox News’ partisanship (you can catch up on the story’s tit-for-tat here). In an interview with Stewart a few weekends ago, Wallace trotted out usual Fox canards … Continue reading
Must Read: LBJ administration official Joseph A. Califano, Jr. writes in the New York Times that Obama simply MUST take the fight to the GOP at some point. Don’t know how I didn’t notice this when it was published (June 1), but it’s right on-target. Not to put too fine a point on it, but … Continue reading
So I told my friend Bill that “I just don’t quite get Das Racist.” I was pretty haughty about it. I was wrong. I’m sorry, Bill—I was wrong, and you were RIGHT. These two songs are embossed in my head right now (NSFW/R-Rated Language):
George Will’s Washington Post column this Sunday was a panegyric in Texas Governor Rick Perry’s honor: Perry would rather not run, but his wife, who has a nursing background and is alarmed by Obamacare, says that sometimes desires are secondary to duties. Perry, who sensibly did not watch the Republicans’ recent New Hampshire debate because … Continue reading
Here’s my latest for the Washington Post. Go read it! Excerpt: Without science, you wouldn’t be reading this right now. There’d be no LCD screen or fiber-optic cables or communications satellites or computer software, or…you get the idea. We love science — as long as it makes our lives more comfortable. Also, this video is … Continue reading
I’ve tried, on a number of occasions, to make the case that taxes (and public institutions) are not in opposition to freedom. The “I Heart Taxes” Blog does a great job at hammering that home, especially in this recent post (It’s a must read, especially if you’re suffering from Voodoo Economics Disease). Seriously. Don’t miss … Continue reading
More on why I’m not crazy about Netroots Nation. These flare-ups are what the web does best. Trouble is, they often don’t have any staying power. That’s because it’s really easy to expose and confront someone on the Internet, especially when it’s anonymous. Meanwhile, it’s really hard to muster the courage for real political confrontations. … Continue reading
The Godfather of Go-Go and one of DC’s finest, Chuck Brown:
How can theorists protect politics and political arguments from post-modernism’s full-blown epistemological hypochondria? Method offers stability and a measure of certainty. It offers the sort of reassurance that could warrant our asserting the desirability of a choice (to use a Deweyan phrase). By eschewing methodological narrowness in politics, Dewey and Oakeshott seem to leave politics … Continue reading
