A cocoon is a developmental stage in the life of certain insects. A caterpillar spins a cocoon to protect itself while it pupates. It does not stay there. So what Michael Barone describes in his article (h/t: Insty) — Americans of either ideological camp living ideologically-cleansed communities — bears small resemblance to cocoons. Cocoons end.… Read More Why “Cocoon” is the Most Over-Used Political Trope
Thus far, this blog has been everything I could have hoped for. I’ve gotten more hits, more comments, more followers, the whole deal. The only thing I wasn’t happy with was the look and feel of it. So I’ve made some changes. First of all, no more blogroll. Based on my stats, no one was… Read More My New Look.
By which we mean, standing in line for hours to enter a dank underground pub and barely hear the featured performer. mpphillips Marie Phillips WORST. PARTY. EVER. The queue was the highlight. Unbelievable. About one day ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply
I’ve always rather liked The Great Gatsby, because I find Fitzgerald’s prose far better than any of the other Greats of the Roaring Twenties, especially Hemingway, who reads the way sawdust tastes, and Faulkner, who seemed to think that Henry James wasn’t quite loquacious enough. F. Scott never forgot that writing serves the story. However,… Read More Lileks on Gatsby
No, just kidding. It was only some right-wing whore who deserves it. (h/t: Ace) Shall I troll about the internet looking for the outrage of the feminist establishment? Or would that be a waste of time?
Or, the Benefits of Political Retirement Ex-Senator Alan Simpson sent a letter to the California Alliance of Retired Americans, in which he roundly told them to pull their decrepit heads from their aging sphincters and try reading the Simspon-Bowles Act before mumbling about how their Metamucil costs more than it used to and young people… Read More Alan Simpson is Awesome
If you stretch the meaning of “unconstitutional” past the point of all usefulness, sure. I should like this argument more than I actually do. It’s originalist at root, and the guy has damning quotes from Hamilton and Madison about the evils of super-majorities. In terms of reforming or ending the filibuster, he makes a solid… Read More Is the Filibuster Un-Constitutional?
Rex Nutting, writing for Marketwatch, posits that the Emperor’s clothes are in fact Fabulous and we are only pretending not to see them: What people forget (or never knew) is that the first year of every presidential term starts with a budget approved by the previous administration and Congress. The president only begins to shape… Read More Obama Didn’t Raise Spending. In Other News, “Black” is Now Being Referred to as “White”
What was it, a week ago, that poor Stacy McCain started posting about Brett Kimberlin? And now he’s running from his home. I don’t pretend to understand what’s going on here, but if Kimberlin is on the up-and-up, a reformed terrorist, then McCain asking, “hey, what is this guy up to?” shouldn’t be cause for… Read More This Brett Kimberlin Guy Seems Not to Want to Be Disturbed
They are now offering plea deals for movie rights. This is what happens when he state has no limits on its sphere of action. It can and will do everything.
