Ned Resnikoff

Regarding one of my earlier posts, commenter TalkingStick writes: Neither side has a coherent ideology nor particular skill in organizing enduring cohesive groups. That’a the problem. We have become a culture of bowling alone. The first group that comes up with a way to positively engage community will have a winner. This, conveniently, is related [...]

Yesterday Steve Benen and Josh Marshall drew attention to the story of a far-right militiaman who’s opposed to “socialism” and “government handouts” in the abstract, but is perfectly happily to live off government disability checks–money which, to be fair, and as Benen points out, he is absolutely entitled to. But this goes back to something [...]

Many thanks to Spencer for letting me tend the shop again while he’s off being a better Jew than me. I had a lot of fun last time, and I hope you guys did too. Since it’s a slow news day today, I’m going to seize the opportunity to shamelessly plug a piece I wrote [...]

I’m guessing I’m not the only Whedonologist who reads this blog on a regular basis, so no doubt at least a handful of you are mourning the recent cancellation of Dollhouse. Alyssa Rosenberg echoes my own sentiments pretty closely: I’m sorry Dollhouse is dead.  But I’m not sure its cancellation warrants the same outrage as [...]

TPM LiveWire highlights this puzzling tweet from Colorado State Senator David Schultheis: Don’t for a second, think Obama wants what is best for U.S. He is flying the U.S. Plane right into the ground at full speed. Let’s Roll. Now most left-wing commentary has devoted ample (and amply deserved) digital ink to how shocking, repugnant, [...]

It’s funny: for a school that’s ostensibly a pit of sin, NYU–where I’m currently working on getting my BA–is home to an awful lot of ultra-conservative craziness. Most famously, you’ve got Keith Olbermann handing the “Worst Person in the World” prize over to the head of the NYU Republicans a couple years back for organizing [...]