I know that I make a practice of complaining about left-wing rhetoric a lot. It’s the reason I started writing non-academically (here and here). Even though it seems like I’m always criticizing the Left, once in a while they surprise me… While it’s still unclear whether the going flap over Obama’s “you didn’t build that” … Continue reading
I’ve posted some thoughts on the Aurora, Colorado tragedy over at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen. Here’s a sample: However we usually define tragedy, there’s something uniquely debilitating about those catastrophes that break into our lives for utterly arbitrary and senseless reasons. Indeed, traditional literary tragedy is often bearable because the pivotal moment of collapse … Continue reading
Media criticism is definitely the lowest form of analysis, but sometimes it’s an urge worth indulging. There’s been a recent current of lefty commentary purporting to discover that the GOP is primarily concerned with preserving tax privileges for the wealthiest Americans. Here’s Jonathan Chait: [T]hough he has passed himself off as a deficit hawk, [Paul] … Continue reading
In case you missed them, here are a few of my recent posts over at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen: • “The Non-Wonky Institutional Left”: Wait, are leftists starting to make strong moral arguments again? Am I out of a job, or at least a hobby horse? • “Reflections on the Revolution in the United States of America”: … Continue reading
