Were it me running the Republican party, I’d give up on being pragmatic and cut the 3 Senatorial defectors loose. Because if they’re willing to vote for this travesty of a “stimulus” package, they are not in any way committed to free enterprise, personal responsibility, or personal freedom — and so letting them dangle as independents, or even join with Democrats, is preferable to watching them provide a veneer of

Geert Wilders may be a bit of an ass, but is he a “security threat” to Britain? The question I have is: Do you care, anymore? I do, because I’ve got friends and family over there. If I didn’t, I don’t know that I’d be any more upset about it than leftists really are about the genocide in Darfur, though. Their name is . . . Related: TNR writer criticizes

Political science! Several commenters have pointed this out: President Obama said in his inaugural address that he planned to “restore science to its rightful place” in government. That’s a worthy goal. But statisticians at the Commerce Department didn’t think it would mean having the director of next year’s Census report directly to the White House rather than to the Commerce secretary, as is customary. “There’s only one reason to have

If this land is your land and this land is my land, then how come I’m the one always stuck mowing the huge bitch? Yeah. That’s what I thought. Pinko.

adopt a wolf. For her. More House of Mirth-a; original House of Mirth-a

Wonderful piece on Fear and Loathing of the New Outlawry by Charles Winecoff.

Probably the single most discussed part of O!s question-and-answer in Darleen’s thread from last night, and face it, there were some doozies, was this bit: I think there are areas like education, where some in my party have been too resistant to reform, and have argued only money makes a difference. And there have been others on the Republican side or the conservative side who said, no matter how much