…and they “have a professional obligation never to give a sucker an even break.” I think RS McCain may be on to something here. While one may doubt that this particular collection of alchies and junkies have any real desire to see Santorum propelled to the White House, the show must go on. Plus, Santorum’s… Read More In Case You Didn’t Know, Journalists are Carnies…
In an interview with the gang at Coffee & Markets (h/t: Memeorandum), Gingrich says something interesting with reference to the Paul Ryan business: The question was: if there’s a program that is very unpopular, should Republicans impose it? And my answer is no. When we passed welfare reform, 92% of the American people supported it,… Read More Newt Gingrich and the Kamikaze Presidency…
After a while, the main source of posts at Genre Confusion was a project I call Rating My CD’s. I have, by current guesstimate something like 3-400 of the damn things. I decided, after skimming through other CD blogs, that I would review my own. By Genre Category. In Alphabetical Order. The Categories are as follows:… Read More In Which I Import a Project from One of My Dead Blogs…
Occasionally one stumbles upon a blog post that you would feel wrong about quoting. So do yourself a favor and just read The Byronic Man’s Your “What’s Hot For Christmas Gifts 2011″ Guide. Just trust me on this.
Some of you may have noticed, next to the “About” page, a link for “Essays.” This is for a handful of long-form, footnoted pieces that I’ve written within the last few years. Most of them were part of my Master’s Degree work. So I’m not entirely yanking your chain on the “Scholar” thing.
I spotted this first on Ace’s sidebar: The Air Force has buried remains of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in a landfill in Virginia. I know. I know. Ladd Ehlinger, who worked for the military in some capacity until 2001, has piled on. But hold a second: Air Force now confirms that body fragments… Read More The Air Force Burial Business
I am about to be a father. The Good Greatsby has wonderful advice for teaching kids with rhyme: Flirting: Don’t blow off a lady when you learn she has a mister; relax, play it cool, she might have a sister. Sleep safety: Check under the bed before you count sheep, you never know where monsters… Read More Helping Your Kids With Rhyme
Slate never fails to underwhelm. Swanson, played by Nick Offerman, is essentially an optimistic fantasy of a conservative politician. He’s stoic and deeply hostile to the very notion of government, but ultimately kind-hearted and genuinely concerned for the well-being of other people. He’s a throwback, in some ways, to the Teddy Roosevelt image of conservatism—hyper-masculine,… Read More Matthew Perpetua Pretends to Understand Conservative Politics, References Ron Swanson…
As they are now inducted into the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If you’d like to start whining about who hasn’t made the list, CBS’ Celebrity Circuit has gotten it started for you. Yes, Virginia, Rush still isn’t in.
Now they’re saying that the suspect “apparently killed himself” (does that mean he was the guy in the parking lot?) and wasn’t a student at the university. Time Magazine’s current piece spends more time on the slain policeman than on giving us any update on the shooter. Even to the point of writing this: A… Read More Virginia Tech Update
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