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Category Archives: Polis
World Affairs Journal – Smile and Smile: Turkey’s Feel-Good Foreign Policy
Don’t bother trying to parse that.
Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty | Mother Jones
Mother Jones commiserates with a defeated House Candidate, who’s a Republican with a lifetime 93 conservative rating. Strange bedfellows indeed. “They say, ‘Bob, what don’t you get? Barack Obama is a socialist, communist Marxist who wants to destroy the American … Continue reading
Financial Bill to Close the Regulator of a Fading Industry – NYTimes.com
Its time had come and we should not lament its passing.
High Noon in Pahrump, Nev.: Sheriff Arrests the D.A. – WSJ.com
High Noon in Pahrump, Nev.: Sheriff Arrests the D.A. – WSJ.com A review of the Internet reveals that Nye County is the laughing stock of the known universe.
Robert Byrd Joins Edward Kennedy
I have served with presidents, not under them.
On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
What a stupid way to end a career, letting your aides mouth off thinking that the world wants to know how little you think of POTUS. While the General isn’t directly quoted on much that’s too much out of line, … Continue reading
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Esquire
Unfortunately, the typical African warlord doesn’t know much about the customs of the American black church. Sharpton’s call-and-response routine left them even more bewildered. This article, from 2003, illustrates why every so often I have just had to subscribe to … Continue reading
‘Epistemic Closure?’ Those Are Fighting Words for Conservatives – NYTimes.com
… in the last few years, ‘epistemic closure’ had become much worse among ‘the intelligentsia of the conservative movement.’ The Buckley tradition finds itself naturally much discomfited by the direction in which their chosen political organization is headed, toward becoming … Continue reading