It’s hardly radical or touchy-feely to point out that you don’t protect your citizens by creating unpoliceable neighborhoods.

In response to West Virginia’s victory over Kentucky tonight, Daniel Strauss has a pretty good post up about team allegiances: That’s the funny thing about sports team allegiances. I had a friend my freshman year who was a diehard Duke fan despite being an undergrad at the University of Missouri. Often on the college level, [...]

Glenn Reynolds: Possibly Obama just hates Israel and hates Jews. That’s plausible — certainly nothing in his actions suggests otherwise, really. Barack Hussein Obama II Suddenly they heard a familiar voice. “Hey, is this the Seder?” Barack Obama asked, entering the room. So begins the story of the Obama Seder, now one of the newest, most [...]

It’s not exactly breaking news that the Lord’s Resistance Army — a band of murderous insane thugs that have a hankering for enslaving children, mass killing and banditry — is, to quote Matt Yglesias, one of the nastiest, most brutal and evil organizations on the plant [sic].” But Jeffrey Gettleman, who deserves all the plaudits [...]

It’s been said that the reason one should read lots of books is because they will never meet enough people. I think the reason you listen to R. Kelly is because you can never have sex with enough people. Or, you know, because you don’t think contemporary R&B has enough yodeling. Of course, any mention [...]

Call me a smug-East-Coast-hoity-toity-librul but I can’t help but chuckle at one particular part of this New York Times story on the Tea Party movement that quotes a partier explaining why he’s against any kind of social safety net: Mr. Grimes, who receives Social Security, has filled the back seat of his Mercury Grand Marquis [...]

I’m not Matt Taibbi’s biggest fan. I think he’s an excellent writer, quite funny and one of the best at deploying profanity — which is no small feat. But I think when it comes to this latest beat — the financial industry — he all too often elides nuance, ignores complicating details in search of [...]

So for the last week or so, Senator Lindsey Graham has been making noises about following the lead of every other Republican in the Senate and taking his ball and going home. Since he’s the only Republican on two key pieces of legislation — working with Kerry on cap-and-trade, and Schumer on comprehensive immigration reform [...]

Like Ned, I enjoy big, hefty, pulsating, throbbing…books. I really like all books, but there is something special about the Big Book (TM) and all it can do. But I like movies and TV shows a lot too! I like them all, and I really like them when they can do something that’s unique to [...]

“My pizza is a meal, yours is a snack” is just hierarchy with a smiley face.