Andrew Sullivan, man of nuance: If you’re a Republican in Tennessee and you are in a tough race, what do you do? Hey, your party isn’t a political organization; it’s God’s Own Party: A Christian prayer group is hoping to provide Republican gubernatorial nominee Jim Bryson with some divine assistance during his campaign. The “Bryson Prayer Force” is inviting Christians to join its current 80 members in praying regularly for
August 14, 2006
a CITIZEN JOURNALIST reports from battleground USA, 9
If ever there was an incident that could shake my resistance to race-based affirmative action it happened Saturday afternoon at the Flat Irons Mall in Broomfield. While visiting an upscale hipster clothier (I’m in the market for a summer sport coat / slacks combo), the salesperson helping me—a lovely young woman of maybe twenty-five who, at first blush, didn’t appear to harbor any racist sentiments—let the mask slip while trying
The pattern in the cArPet
Via LGF, a look at how the AP (as well as organizations like the tax-payer funded NPR), provides “expert” commentary without providing necessary context — in essence, acting as uncritical conduits for what amounts to enemy propaganda. —Which it’s possible is the product of intellectual or logistical laziness (as well as a desire to appear “neutral,” which to the transnational progressive is the new black), but which could just as
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Michael Yon appeared on Pundit Review Radio last night and offered a grim assessment of the conditions inside Iraq (particularly Baghdad). You can hear his observations here. I’d be interested to hear the various viewpoints of veterans and active-duty military in response to Yon’s assessments. My sense (and it is only that; as an infamous chickenhawk, I am “inauthentic” when it comes to offering opinions on anything having to do
Self-fulfilling (anti-liberal) prophecies
Via Major John, a look at how the “diversity” movement in the academy—which I’ve described on numerous occasions as anathema to classical liberalism and the product of a worldview that is, at its core, radically egalitarian and superficial (reducing as it does the human experience down to arbitrary cosmetic / physiological traits) — is growing in stature and influence, adding further to the already Orwellian atmosphere of institutes of higher
blog sorbet
Look! Unicorns and bunnies eating neapolitan banana splits on clouds made from spun sugar! Under a delicious lollipop rainbow! Quick! Somebody fetch the river dancing midgets. And the hookers.
