[Courtesy of Bonnie Daley]

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Maureen Dowd has finally lost it.

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Shortly after writing that last piece, I spotted this discussion, linked by Glenn Reynolds, over on Max Sawicky’s site. It’s both interesting and gratifying that many on the moderate antiwar left feel about some of the vocal fringe more or less the way I do about Lew Rockwell or that blue LP senate candidate. That […]

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To most people who’ve thought at any length about politics, the familiar left-right schema used to characterize political positions seems deeply unsatisfying. Do we really think, after all, that the complex cluster of beliefs people have on a wide range of issues can be adequately captured by a one-dimesnional metric? Do we imagine that the […]

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There are photos from last week’s debate posted on the AFF website. Speaking of that debate, I’ve been meaning to write up a response to Eve Tushnet’s rejoinder. I think what’s mostly needed is for me to clarify my position, rather than to “respond” as such, actually, but I’ll be doing whatever you want to […]

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You’ve all seen those Apple “switch” ads, right? The ones showing people — some seeming a little stoned, frankly — effusive about the wonders of switching from Windows to Mac? Well, it seems Microsoft tried to fight fire with fire by producing one of its own. The inauthentic language of the ad was a tip […]

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October 15 is the birthday of your friend and mine, Fred Nietzsche, himself arguably midwife to the birth of modernity. Celebrate by swinging like Tarzan on that rope between man and overman, and if you get a chance, put some flowers on God’s grave for me.

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(1) August Strindberg and Helium (2) Enron Voice Mail (3) So since my city and environs became a target gallery for the friendly neighborhood Tarot Sniper, I’ve been noticing white vans. I’m not freaking out or anything; it just registers now when a white van or box truck goes by. I had no idea there […]

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One element of the labor/management conflict on the West Coast piqued my interst. Recall that this wasn’t a straight-up strike: management ordered a lockout after longshoremen began a “work slowdown.” This makes it extra bizarre for management to have petitioned the administration to order their workers back on the job, but that’s not what’s most […]

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Back from the debate, and I must say, I think it went pretty well. I don’t know if either side changed anyone’s mind, but I do hope that it was, at the least, engaging. Thanks to all of you who gave up a perfectly good evening to listen to us chatter. Below are the notes […]

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