So, I got randomly to thinking about the use of the word “allegedly” in jounalism in the shower this morning. One thing I’m noticed is that the use of the adverb is so automatic—probably a good thing in general, good to be careful about what you say about people in news, and not just for […]

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Ed Rothstein looks at the connection between one of my favorite authors, Albert Camus, and modern neoconservatives. But only real similarity—that Camus had been an intellectual of the left who turned on Communism—suggests at best a parallel with the original group, not so much with the current version of what’s going by the name of […]

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Via Radley, I see that Stan Kurtz is weirdly claiming that it’s a “concession” for Cathy Young to acknowledge that arguments for gay marriage mostly work as well for recognizing polyamory. Except, with Radley, I’ve never heard of a libertarian (the audience Kurtz says he’s debated this with) who wouldn’t have included polyamorous groupings in […]

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I’m totally going to get my decoder ring revoked for this one.

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Via PJ Doland, I see that Ban the Ban has made the Washington Post, in an article citing both PJ and Zoe Mitchell. The piece also mentions the “Cato Blog Mafia”—a tounge-in-cheek term we’ve occasionally used for bloggers who work or have worked at Cato. Now, I’m not sure, but I think I may have […]

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My email seems to be working again, more or less. If you sent me anything Weds. night, anytime Thursday, or Friday morning, I’m not just ignoring you–I never got it.

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After the lukewarm Virgin Suicides soundtrack and the positively awful 10,000 Hz Legend, I’m happy to see that French loungemeisters Air are back up to form with Talkie Walkie, clearly their best album since Moon Safari, though it still doesn’t quite hit that high-watermark.

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My own housewarming went well enough, but apparently the Times‘s Jennifer 8. throws the hot ticket parties in this burg. I’m not sure whether I should try to get invited or try to seize the crown. I’m lazy, so it’s probably “neither,” but shooting for the latter would give me an incentive to polish my […]

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Let’s build a simple model. Assume I’m a New Hampshire Democratic primary voter. I want to vote for the candidate I like best—let’s say Dean—but a stronger preference for picking someone who’s electable, and I’d also like for whomever’s going to win to come out of the primarys strong. That is, if (say) Kerry’s going […]

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I’ve apparently been picked up by the Ottawa Citizen.

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