I’ve bitched so often about the way Fred Hiatt has turned the Washington Post’s editorial machine into a neo-con slum that I can only pronounce myself totally gobsmacked by this editorial, headlined “Mr. Romney’s rhetoric on embassy attacks is a discredit to his campaign.” Yes, the Mittman’s insistence on his right to lie about President…
George Will, tying himself in knots, yet failing to score a touchdown
I find myself agreeing with George Will more often than I like. We are a one on free trade, for example, as well as campaign “reform” (aka incumbent protection and First Amendment reduction). I also admire his early criticism of President Obama’s decision to expand the war in Afghanistan, although his massive silence on civil…
You always strike your friends
That’s the oldest rule in the public employees union rule book, but the whole labor union thing, and the whole strike thing in particular, has become so moribund that I guess no one can remember it. Slate magazine provides a variety of links here, with the headline “Chicago Teachers Strike Reflects National Debate, Could Affect…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “Now, if these don’t do the trick—well, if these don’t do the trick, I guess that’s that.” “That’s very true, Harrison. Intimations of mortality there be that speak as deeply to the soul as those of immortality. But you’re creeping the rest of my patients out.” “Welcome to ObamaCare, girlfriend.” “Yes, Billy,…
La Comédie humaine—Grey Goose edition
How long has it been since I’ve made fun of Felix Salmon? It’s definitely been awhile. We’ve both been on vacation, but now we’re both back, so let’s have at it. Yesterday, Felix was all over a “big story” by Dan Levy, delivering the pretty much astounding news that last year U.S. consumers spent a…
Cowardice follows murder as Wednesday follows Tuesday
Every Tuesday, President Obama and the boys get together to decide whom they’re going to murder next, via the magic of America’s infamous killer drones. Yesterday, Murder Tuesday was followed by Cowardice Wednesday, as the President ordered the Democratic Convention to surrender to the imperious whines of AIPAC Nation and restore to the Democratic Platform…
He never heard of a shabbat goy?
A few days ago I seconded the pummeling administered by Richard Posner to Robert and Edward Skidelsky for their book How Much Is Enough?, which suggested that instead of playing the status game we all kick back, work fifteen hours a week, and spend a lot of quality time strumming the guitar. That was, well,…
Just in case you were thinking of voting for Barack Obama this Fall
Read Glenn Greenwald, Adam Serwer, and Andrew Sullivan on the Obama Administration’s disgusting, yet predictable decision not to prosecute anyone responsible for the various war crimes committed during the Bush Administration—crimes committed in the name of making us “free.” Of course, as Serwer notes, not everyone got away: John Kiriakou, the former CIA official who…
David Koch, speaking freely for two whole minutes
David Koch, libertarian billionaire and all-around man about town, talked the talk in an interview with Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel. According to Ken, it went like this: Koch told POLITICO “I believe in gay marriage” when asked about the GOP’s stance on gay rights. Romney opposes gay marriage, as do most Republicans, and when that…