By • Mar 04,2009

Heckling the Prez

Guy’s got balls , I’ll give him that. If you could heckle the Big O at a basketball game, what would you yell? "The Wiz are droppin’ threes like your...

By • Mar 04,2009

Why I Hate New York

From the comments to Julia Schwarz’s Doublethink story on Keith Gessen: Like, ohmigosh! Did you hear? Emily is sleeping with Keith again! This is the young vibrant New York literary...

By • Mar 04,2009

Stooping to Rush’s Level

In the clip below, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs does a pretty pathetic job of defending himself, and the president, against charges of hypocrisy for engaging in the sort of...

By • Mar 04,2009

Atlas Shrugged (Again)

Sales of Atlas Shrugged are way up, apparently, what with the cascading bank failures and the impending economic doom and everything. Though I’m fond of the book (every teenage libertarian...

By • Mar 03,2009

Your Morning Strauss (Leo)

I’ve been re-reading my Locke recently, and have been struck at just how darned pleasant it makes things to assume that man is naturally born free, and that this natural...