Author: James Poulos

By Jun 19,2008

Superpot

Andrew’s a little naive about it, methinks: The drug czar would have you believe it’s 30 8 times the strength of the 1970s. No one doubts that pot is now...

By Jun 19,2008

How Bazaar

By way of playing catch-up on the Kerry/Will/Megan Natalism Debate, I’ll begin with this fundamental McArdlean insight: Food is awesome, but it is culturally trivial. Think for a moment —...

By Jun 18,2008

The Technology of Memory

What happens to us when we can outsource and archive our memories? What’s the difference between technological recall and human remembrance? What do Jorge Luis Borges and Maude Flanders have...

By Jun 18,2008

Size Matters

Unlike Reihan and like Matt Frost, My Sino-optimism is very limited. But after picking my way through thickets of ethnonationalism all throughout the past two weeks in Spain, I’ve got...

By Jun 18,2008

Last Names and the Patriarchy

Matt Yglesias approvingly cites Kay Steiger: Furthermore, I never really understood, if it’s such an important issue for families to all have the same names (because how would you know...

By Jun 18,2008

What Master Narrative?

One more reason why Frank Rich is sort of tripping (see below) is captured by Jonathan Chait with haikulike levels of parsimony: The McCain campaign’s line of the day is...