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I spoke to Russell, he told me he was going to fall on his sword. Personally, I’m outraged that, yet again, the joyless fuckers who write the columns in the Daily Mail, The Telegraph or The Observer have dictated the tone and are telling people how to behave. I’ve seen the Daily Mail, [...]
There is so much I have to say about this “crisis” at the BBC over the on-air prank calls aired by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand. First, the uproar is so self-serving and utterly ridiculous with no real point whatsoever. Second, it proves that the BBC’s continuing to sit on the fence between [...]
Steven Pinker, upon being asked who he will vote for next Tuesday, says:
Barack Obama. … The contrast between his discernment and eclecticism and the Republican ticket’s impulsiveness and idiot populism is vastly more important than any differences in their adherence to libertarian first principles.
You know, there really may be something to that.
FOR: I like Obama. I really do. He has a great personality, he’s knowledgeable and impressive on the issues, he seems to have a healthy sense of humor, he has conducted probably the greatest presidential campaign of my lifetime, he has a diplomatic ability that could bring America together and actually make [...]
I’m not sure about the original source of this email, but it’s been going around for a long time and contains enough truth to make it worth repeating:
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The [...]
Robert Draper looks back at the McCain campaign as though he were writing an obituary in The Making (and Remaking) of McCain, citing the inconsistent ‘narrative’ of McCain presented by the campaign as a significant reason for the campaign’s sagging poll numbers. And yes, some people are already saying he’s failed.
Meantime, Steve Chapman says [...]
And is he consequently eligible to become President of the United States? It’s a question posed by Democrat lawyer Philip J. Berg, who filed a lawsuit a month ago in federal court:
[He] alleged that Obama was not a U.S. citizen and therefore ineligible for the presidency. Berg claimed that Obama is either a citizen [...]
I’ve never really understood postmodernism, and what I do understand of it leaves me unsure whether I really do understand it at all. As a postmodernist would say, that’s the point. You understand that you don’t understand. Isn’t that wonderful? Uh, no, it isn’t. They say postmodern thought is a [...]
Well, after some nifty PHP and SQL work, the blog is back up and online, served by a brand new server which has faster load times and feels overall spunkier. I’ll have some new content to add later, but meantime I’m late for a bunch of things I have to do this afternoon and [...]
