By May 05,2008

Raising the Barr

Like most national politicians, former Republican Congressman Bob Barr is skilled in the art of generic political rhetoric, the fine art of saying a lot without saying much at all....

By May 03,2008

The Quest for Responsible Neoconservatism

I’d like to endorse my American Scene colleague Noah Millman’s incisive comments on diplomacy and benign American power: our unipolar moment makes diplomacy look rather different than historical models. And...

By May 02,2008

On Franken and Taxes

I have no real love for Al Franken–he’s annoying, an arch-liberal, and (mostly) unfunny–but I can’t really get up in arms over the fact that he got tripped up by...

By May 02,2008

Iron Man as Political Rorschach

Iron Man hits wide release today, and my extended thoughts are over at the Standard‘s website. But I would like to expand on one of the points I raise in...

By May 02,2008

Libertarianism and Moralism

With Will Wilkinson safely on the other side of the Earth, I am free to agree with him about something: It is tyrannical for parents to attempt to reproduce their...