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 19,2008

Fear Not, Chuckolytes!

If the protracted Democratic primary process was good for anyone besides John McCain, it was good for NBC Political Director Chuck Todd. His understanding of the intricate calculus of Democratic...

By • Jun 18,2008

Global warming and conservatives

I’ve been following Jim Manzi’s series of posts on global warming over at the American Scene with some interest, mostly because I think it’ll get liberals in a tizzy. It...

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

Sweet, sweet schadenfreude

Never, ever pen an article condemning another writer’s/publication’s poor copy editing skills. Within the first five paragraphs you are guaranteed to make a grammatical error of your own. Today’s example?...