By • Nov 10,2008

We all turn into our fathers

Well, I suppose this was bound to happen at some point: [O]n November 11, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books will publish The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest...

By • Nov 10,2008

St. Douglas the Confessor

While perusing Sonny’s fine post and the links therein to the Kmiec–Douthat dustup, I also chanced upon Kmiec’s counter-response to Douthat’s biting takedown. It’s worth a quick read, if only...

By • Nov 09,2008

Obama administration’s first leak?

Or Bush administration sticking them with it? The New York Times reports (advance from tomorrow’s International Herald Tribune): WASHINGTON: The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority...

By • Nov 08,2008

When does bad taste become violence?

I couldn’t resist Googling around about Danzig the other night. It’s pretty hilarious the sorts of things you find on the internets. But this mySpace page is particularly disturbing. At...

By • Nov 08,2008

Berlusconi reflux

My sister’s got a nice roundup of Berlusconi gaffes, in light of his latest: ROME — Italians never quite know whether to laugh or cry at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi....