By • Dec 17,2008

She’s gone from suck to blow!

Via Andrew comes this short video giving a graphical representation of immigration to the U.S. from 1820-2007. There are all sorts of nits to pick with the data, no doubt,...

By • Dec 16,2008

Clint Eastwood

Oscar season is upon us, hence the slightly less than routine posting. But I did want to pass these little nuggets from Clint Eastwood in the latest Esquire along: We...

By • Dec 16,2008

The real Bill Ayers?

I realize that a lot of folks were quite up in arms over this rather sanctimonious op-ed that appeared last week in the paper of record, in which former terrorist...

By • Dec 15,2008

An even sincerer form of flattery

Reading this Kissing Suzy Kolber post execrating my hometown of Baltimore, I couldn’t help but be almost honored that someone would put so much time and effort into a city...

By • Dec 15,2008

On Responsibility

Andrew Sullivan, amidst his regular shellacking of the Bush administration over torture, slips in the following: Bush will rightly go down in history as the president who authorized the torture...

By • Dec 15,2008

Headline of the Month

And the award goes to Brendan Conway for “He Madoff with It”, the title to his post in which he notes the wide-ranging effects of the $50 billion swindle by...