By • Mar 06,2009

The best post I’ve read all day

Jeffrey Goldberg, natch*; I especially enjoyed his description of a graphic on an Iranian website: Yes, that’s Roger Cohen on the left, next to a photoshopped image of the entrance...

By • Mar 06,2009

War on Charity?

For the past few days I’ve been reading and pondering Conor Clarke’s mild dislike of the idea that the government ought to encourage philanthropic giving. (Hell, it’s not just a...

By • Mar 05,2009

On Demagoguery

I went and listened to the on-air debate between David Frum and Mark Levin at the urging of Massie and Sullivan, and I came away with the surprising conclusion that...

By • Mar 05,2009

Which do I need more?

A Democratic vote in congress or a .40 semi-automatic glock? Well, let’s see…Eleanor Holmes Norton isn’t going to stop the homeless guy who followed my upstairs neighbor into the house...

By • Mar 05,2009

Pour some industry on me

So now Ms. McCardle , Mr. Douthat , and our own Sonny have expressed highly qualified praise of Ayn Rand, rightly noting her tendency toward tendentious prose. Curiously, however, no...