Wow.  Way to go, Rocks.  Two more, please.

To his European fans, Obama is the symbol of American renewal. They know three things about him. That he is young. That he is African-American. And that he has a Muslim name. Europeans live in countries with large, unassimilated Muslim minorities. The idea that someone with Obama’s name and background could become President of the United States astonishes and impresses them. Europeans are thrilled by the idea that the United

Secrets of Penis Enlargement Revealed! on “Two Missing U.S. Soldiers Found Dead in Iraq” (NOW WITH MORE SULLIVAN!) That’s what the kids are calling it?

Why Gallup chose to put the word “patriotic” in scare quotes in writing about its own poll is left for the reader to ponder. Inasmuch as it came up in the discussion of Barack Obama’s “national service” plan the other day, I highlight the fact that 78% of those surveyed find military service shows a great deal about the person’s patriotism, and 48% say the same about supporting US policies around the

No, not Jesse Helms. Opportunity for Chuck Adkins?

The influential New Jersey band (perhaps occupying the sonic space between the Talking Heads, Ramones and the Velvet Underground) that disbanded in 1992 has been doing a series of reunion shows this week, culminating by opening for Sonic Youth in Battery Park today.  Jon Pareles has had not one, but two articles on their return in the New York Times.  Video from their June 30th private warm-up at the legendary Maxwell’s

Today’s New York Times piece by John Branch on big American flags belongs to a genre perhaps invented by the Grey Lady (see, e.g., the paper’s elitist coverage of suburban chain restaurants), in which the paper attempts to explain the alien culture of the United States to its core readership: Once the gaudy lure of attention-seeking car dealerships or other roadside attractions, big flags have found a comfortable home inside the ballparks, arenas and raceways