Seems the GOP brainstrust is ready to party (build) like it’s 1999! Notably absent from the new GOP conspiracy – at least as described by Allen and Vogel – is evidence of an understanding that the Internet represents a paradigm shift in the essential context of national politics. There is also no evidence from the Politico piece that the Tea Party movement represents an “Army of Davids” uprising that is,

The time has come, I think. As a kind of permanent reminder of what I’ve done here, and what you as readers have responded to — for good or ill — over the last 8 or so years, I’ve decided to ink myself up with a few protein wisdom fixtures / icons. First and foremost is my little libertine buddy on the half shell. After that, the cast of “red

A number of interesting questions arose overnight concerning intentionalism as it obtains in the realm of legal interpretation, a few of which I’ll try to address here. This post was originally written as a comment, so allow for some haste of thought. Still, as a way to spur discussion further, my responses my prove useful — particularly inasmuch as I’ve tried to circle back to the linguistic questions that provide

Some American kids kicked off campus because they wore American Flag t-shirts that the PC administration thought was “incendiary” because the day was “Cinco de Mayo” and other American kids of Hispanic descent were “offended” by the American flags. Possibly because American schools refuse to teach all American children of whatever heritage about the COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY ARE CITIZENS. The world is upside down. (from Darleen, via email) I’d

Some American kids kicked off campus because they wore American Flag t-shirts that the PC administration thought was “incendiary” because the day was “Cinco de Mayo” and other American kids of Hispanic descent were “offended” by the American flags. Possibly because American schools refuse to teach all American children of whatever heritage about the COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY ARE CITIZENS. The world is upside down. (from Darleen, via email) I’d

Gregory Kane, Washington Examiner: Here’s what the opponents of Arizona’s new law are saying, and it’s the most outrageously racist thing of all: Police should be allowed to ask anyone legally stopped about their identities except Hispanics. I want to add something clever here about sombreros and bean burritos, but honestly, after yesterday’s long thread on language I’ve got nothing much left. So, you know, just pretend.

Gregory Kane, Washington Examiner: Here’s what the opponents of Arizona’s new law are saying, and it’s the most outrageously racist thing of all: Police should be allowed to ask anyone legally stopped about their identities except Hispanics. I want to add something clever here about sombreros and bean burritos, but honestly, after yesterday’s long thread on language I’ve got nothing much left. So, you know, just pretend.