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Balloon Juice

Cross-Cultural… Misinterpretations - I don’t know why Erick Erickson hasn’t already announced a fund-raising drive to bring this… unusual… artwork celebrating President Obama’s visit to China ...
5 minutes ago
The American Scene

Continetti on Palin - My friend Matt Continetti — one of the smartest journalists I know — has written a smart and thoughtful comment for the *Wall Street Journal* on the long...
57 minutes ago
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Sweet Dreams - Dreamers: a photo series. (Hat tip: Like Cool) [image: Email this Article] [image: Add to digg] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add ...
3 hours ago
Althouse

At the Rose Hip Hotel... - [image: DSC05382] ... you can try out your moves.
4 hours ago
The Moderate Voice

The Still Wonderful Wizard Of Oz - TBS was good enough to broadcast the classic film this weekend and I found myself once again swept away in the magic. Even though I knew the lyrics to ever...
4 hours ago
Politico Top Stories

In W.H., are pictures telling a story? - Could the White House be trying to send a subliminal message to Netanyahu?
4 hours ago
The Corner

Gut Check for Obama, and for Liberals -- By: Mike Potemra - I have bristled, over the years, when my fellow pro-lifers have accused liberals of treating abortion rights as a “sacrament,” a political be-all and en...
5 hours ago
Taki’s Magazine

Casualties of Diversity - When alleged killer Nidal Malik Hasan went on a murderous rampage at Fort Hood Texas last week, the Muslim Army psychiatrist reportedly shouted “Allahu Akb...
5 hours ago
The Plank

Murtha: Obama Can't Count on Dems for Afghanistan Escalation - A striking passage buried in today's *NYT* lead story on the massive cost of the war: Representative John Murtha, Democrat of Pennsylvania and chairman o...
7 hours ago
The Debatable Land

20 Years of the Little Master - The thing about cricket, or one of the things about it, is that the game makes few allowances for ability. The strong are persecuted just as surely as th...
8 hours ago
Matthew Yglesias

In Defense of Coastal Elites - I liked this bit near the end of Christopher Hitchens’ review of Matt Continett’s Sarah Palin book: The United States has to stand or fall by being the pre...
9 hours ago
The Spine

The Nidal Hasan Lecture That Tells You Just About Everything You Need To Know about Nidal Hasan - Well, yes, of course, you've read about the lecture Major Nidal Malik Hasan, M.D., delivered at Walter Reed Hospital in 2007. Hasan's ostensible topic wa...
10 hours ago
The Long War Journal

Taliban kill Bajaur opposition leader, target Peshawar leader - [image: Pak-Peshawar-tribal-assassination.jpg] A security guard stands near the bodies of three Taliban fighters, who were shot dead while attempting ...
10 hours ago
Talking Points Memo

Cheney 2012? - Appearing as a guest panelist on Fox News Sunday today, Liz Cheney dropped her father's name into the 2012 presidential conversation. It's not clear how se...
11 hours ago
Marc Ambinder

The Sunday Shows In Five Bullet Points Or Less - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in interviews on Meet and This Week, appeared to present the Karzai administration with some conditions for U.S. assist...
12 hours ago
The American Conservative

Conservative Votes, Right-Wing Victims . . . - In the midst of a debate with Conor Friedersdorf, John Hawkins of Right Wing News produces this gem of thought: . . . the reason so many conservatives are ...
15 hours ago
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Looks Like A Job For... - From Matt: In political terms, the right likes the war idea because it involves taking terrorism more "seriously." But in doing so, you partake of way too ...
16 hours ago
Swampland

Our Chatty Cathy Congress - Those of us former little girls of a certain age can remember a doll that we all had to have. She was called Chatty Cathy, and if you pulled a string in he...
17 hours ago
AmSpecBlog

Coming Soon: Individual Carbon Credits? - You'd better not have a big carbon print in Great Britain. If some of the enviros get their way, you will have to pay more every time you exceed your gove...
1 day ago
Glenn Greenwald

The Right's textbook "surrender to terrorists" - *(updated below - Update II)* *Understanding and Combatting Terrorism*, USMC Major S.M. Grass, 1989: Terrorism is a psychological weapon and is directe...
1 day ago
Ezra Klein

That Old Republican Revival - Will the GOP be sufficiently rebuilt to challenge Obama and the Democrats in 2010? Probably not.
2 days ago
FP Passport

Friday Photo: Beauties and the Beasts - Models wearing clothes inspired by murals on a portion of the remaining Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery pose next to the 'Brotherkiss' mural a...
2 days ago
Environment and Energy

The Future Of Road Trains - Via Tom Lawasky, the E.U.'s now testing out "road trains" in Britain, Spain, and Sweden as a way to make long-distance car travel more enjoyable. And wha...
2 days ago
Megan McArdle

Chart of the Day - It seems that the more we talk about health care reform, the less popular it gets:
2 days ago
Jeffrey Goldberg

Trita Parsi's Response to Eli Lake's Story - Here's the response from the National Iranian-American Council to Eli Lake's article which suggests that the group lobbies for Iran: Washington DC - NIAC i...
2 days ago
Eunomia

The Romneyesque Thune? - Pawlenty may not be the next Romney, but John Thune might be. David Brooks was waxing panegyrical in his column on Thune today, and one thing he focused on...
2 days ago
Obsidian Wings

To the Victors, but Will it Spoil? - by Eric Martin Nir Rosen has a fascinating piece on recent events in Iraq in the Boston Review. This portion is about as concise and accurate a recounting of...
2 days ago
Stephen M. Walt

In Case You've Been Sleeping... - I'm in the UK at a conference, but I came across the following video, courtesy of *Newsweek*. If you've been doing a Rip Van Winkle or otherwise engag...
2 days ago
Pat Buchanan

VIDEO: Anatomy of Casino Capitalism Pt.3 - Jane D’Arista: Strong dollar, lower wages and relaxed regulations – Wall Street got what they wanted. Click here to view the embedded video.
2 days ago
In Medias Res

Friday Morning Videos: "Queen of Hearts" - Here's something a little different: country-pop music. Now sure, country music--original folk and roots, Nashville-style, western swing, rockabilly, whate...
2 days ago
Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Working Out My Opinions on Stupak … - I appreciate both Ann Friedman’s analysis of the Stupak Amendment (which, if I understand it correctly, would ban any insurance plan that could be purchase...
3 days ago
Will Wilkinson

Scott Winship on Income Inequality - If you want to know how much income inequality has really risen in recent years, Scott Winship has written a terrific short essay summarizing much of what ...
4 days ago
The Diary of a Secular Conservative

More Non-Tax Taxes - We're beginning to see a pattern here. Although the actual tax rate has not increased, many of of us will be paying more in taxes next year. Earlier this w...
5 days ago
But, I am a Liberal!

Reconciliation in the Iraqi Military - Gina Chon of the Wall Street Journal reports some positive developmentsbetween Kurdish and Arab military personnel in Iraq, which has been one of the larges...
5 days ago
Damon Linker

Why Read Heidegger - German philosopher Martin Heidegger gets a lot of bad press. And for good reason. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazis, he did and said and wrot...
2 weeks ago
L'Hôte

El Hombre - by William Carlos Williams It’s a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!
1 month ago
some political

On Palestinian Unilateralism - The always-savory bitterlemons is especially interesting this week: four essays that seem, for once, to converge in agreement. The topic at hand is Palesti...
2 months ago
Indistinct Union

Spiritual Lines and Action: A (Appreciative/Critical) Response to Craig Hamilton - Craig Hamilton’s new site Integral Enlightenment is worth a look. To say upfront: I really appreciate what Craig is doing and I wish him all the best. H...
2 months ago
Civitate

The City Summer 2009: Full Edition - The Summer 2009 issue of The City has been posted in full via zmags, and is now available below. We hope you enjoy it. var thumb = new Thumb(189236, "myThu...
3 months ago
Postmodern Conservative

We’ve Moved - To new digs getting newer, here. Adjust your bookmarks accordingly, and thanks for your continued readership.
6 months ago
Ross Douthat

A Goodbye - This has been my last week at *The Atlantic*. The magazine has been my home for seven years, under four editors, permanent and interim: The late Michael Ke...
6 months ago
Publius Endures

Can Judges Be Tyrants? - So, I'm returning to these old digs to promote a unique piece on which I'm the co-author over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen. The piece is a conversat...
7 months ago
The Left Conservative

In Defense of McCarthyism - It's not online yet, but Dan McCarthy's piece for the first issue of Young American Revolution, is remarkable for a number of reasons. Aside from the fact ...
8 months ago
The Politics of Scrabble

Don’t Take Any Guff From These Swine - In two weeks The Politics of Scrabble will cease to be. The registration is up after one year and given that all of my writing has migrated over to The Lea...
8 months ago
Ladyblog

CPAC Adventures - I’m at the Conservative Political Action Conference in DC, an annual orgy of the right-leaning masses, laden with star-studded speakers and wide-eyed activ...
8 months ago
NeoConstant

A word or two more - Okay. So from a handful of Neo’s former writers I’ve gotten nothing but kind words and encouragement. Thanks to Courtney, Roland, Walker, Edward, etc. for...
9 months ago
The Confabulum

The Ladyblog Lives — Patronize, Please - There’s been some rumors about the fate of C11 now that we’re "officially" over. I can’t speak for the rest of the site, but for now, Ladyblog lives on. Pl...
9 months ago
Upturned Earth

Can I Still Announce My Support for the Journalism Bailout? - No doubt many of you have heard that Culture11 is shutting down, and if you hadn’t yet heard, well now you have. David Kuo and Conor have a pair of posts u...
9 months ago
Crunchy Con

Dhimmitude in Germany - This is a complete outrage: Police in the western German city of Duisburg have admitted they removed flags a student had hung in his apartment in support o...
10 months ago
The New Christians

Mission: Missouri Ministers' School - I've arrived on the shores of the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri, where I'll be addressing a couple hundred Methodist ministers over...
10 months ago

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