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'Climategate' could hurt Dem agenda - Republicans hope that the British 'climategate" scandal will affect the Obama administration's environmental agenda.
1 hour ago
The Debatable Land

The Tories musn't let Labour define them on tax - Watching George Osborne and Alistair Darling on Marr this morning, one couldn’t help but be struck by how Labour is defining the Tories on tax. Darling k...
1 hour ago
The Moderate Voice

The No-News No-Column Column - There were only two major stories this past week--if you believe the news media
1 hour ago
The Corner

Because It's Still the Weekend... -- By: John J. Miller - Here's a video for the Krayolas' catchy new song, "Fruteria." There's a funny *NR* connection to it: The concert footage was recorded at a performance I at...
2 hours ago
The Long War Journal

Taliban attack Army in 'pro-government' region in South Waziristan - A platoon of Taliban fighters attacked an Army checkpoint in South Waziristan in a region where a peace agreement with the Taliban is in effect. Upwards...
7 hours ago
The American Conservative

A Scheme Deferred - Tom Englehardt nails the true nature of President Obama’s address to cadets at West Point: Certainly, the choice of venue, and so the decision to address a...
7 hours ago
Talking Points Memo

Need a Graphic Designer - We're looking for a New York City-based graphic designer to help put the finishing touches on a project we're working on. (We have a strong preference for ...
9 hours ago
Althouse

The $127 million losing streak. - Terrance Watanabe, you old fool. Mr. Watanabe's situation illustrates the often-uneasy relationships casinos have with their biggest clients, also known as...
10 hours ago
AmSpecBlog

'Remember the Rose Bowl We'll Win Then!' - The undefeated Crimson Tide just beat the University of Florida 32-13 to claim the SEC football championship. Gator quarterback Tim Tebow was crying on nat...
12 hours ago
Balloon Juice

Saturday Night Open Thread - Two dogs is more than twice one dog.
13 hours ago
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Face Of The Day - A four-week-old Amur leopard baby is presented to the public for the first time at an animal park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany on December 4, 2009. Acco...
13 hours ago
The Spine

"We Have Forged a New Beginning Between America and the Muslim World." From Obama's Mouth to God's Ears. - I know this is the president's ambition. But the thought that he has already forged it is pretension of the highest order. In fact, it can be his ambitio...
13 hours ago
The Plank

Men Do The Silliest Things - Ian Buruma's *New Yorker* piece on the attempts of Dutch liberals to manage Muslim immigration in the Netherlands has one particularly interesting nugget...
13 hours ago
Marc Ambinder

Primary Controversy, Not Yet Solved - The DNC's working group charged with examining and retooling the Democratic presidential nominating process is moving forward with some recommendations, CN...
14 hours ago
Matthew Yglesias

Mass vs. Elite Opinion on U.S. Role - A couple of days and one judicious Spencer Ackerman intervention later, it occurs to me that a clearly and less inflammatory way of making the point I was ...
14 hours ago
Swampland

Baucus's Legal Affairs - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus found himself the center of a scrum of reporters Saturday as the Senate worked through the weekend on health c...
15 hours ago
The American Scene

Pop-Culture Bullet Points - Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp,” the first track from its forthcoming LP, *Old Blood*, may be the best single I’ve heard all year: If Willy Wonka grew a beard, ...
15 hours ago
Pat Buchanan

Who are 9/11 Truthers? What is the 9/11 Truth Movement? - by Carl Herman – LA County Examiner Van Jones, an advisor to President Obama signed a 9/11 Truth petition. Charlie Sheen challenges President Obama for a...
1 day ago
Taki’s Magazine

Roberts and Social Security - A reader goes after Paul Craig Roberts: I think Paul Craig Roberts needs in education what we call a “time out.” His assertions that Obama is being over ru...
1 day ago
Ezra Klein

Is Israel a Democracy? - Ending the occupation and discrimination against Arab citizens within its borders will alter our perception of whether Israel began as an imperfect democra...
1 day ago
FP Passport

Friday Photo: The World's Highest Political Body - Nepal may have outdone the Maldives (words I never thought I would type) in the stunt cabinet meeting department: Nepalese politicians take part in a ...
1 day ago
Environment and Energy

Surprise--Obama Changes Up His Copenhagen Schedule - It’s official: Barack Obama will attend the Copenhagen climate conference on December 18, the final day of scheduled negotiations. Originally slated only ...
1 day ago
Stephen M. Walt

Ha'aretz says U.S. officials face 'pro-Israel' background check - There is an amazing story in *Ha'aretz *today on the "pro-Israel" litmus test that determines who is permitted to serve in the United States government. ...
1 day ago
Megan McArdle

Apologies for the Light Posting - Today has been a festival of interviews, meetings, and other non-bloggy goodness. Due to my underestimating the time-suck, the annual gift guide will be u...
1 day ago
Will Wilkinson

A Little More Mystic Nationalism - Jonah Goldberg has posted further thoughts on patriotism and nationalism. I think we agree that, in the American context, the distinction between nationali...
1 day ago
Jeffrey Goldberg

The Secret Muslim Plot Against Charlie Brown - Russell Wiseman, the mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, sat down the other night to watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special, but apparently some Muslim had h...
1 day ago
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Unless You Plan To Bang - Millionaire, took me back to Outkast this week. There really is no way to definitively argue who's greater than who in art. But with that caveat in mind, I...
1 day ago
Eunomia

This “New Anti-War Right” Is Pro-War And Wrong - Reihan: By its very nature, a counterinsurgency campaign is a limited war, one that relies on winning over the civilian population through the careful use ...
1 day ago
Obsidian Wings

Friday Open Thread - by Eric Martin Some day I imagine he will repay me for this. I'm prepared to make that tradeoff.
1 day ago
Glenn Greenwald

Do Obama officials know what his Afghanistan plan is? - *(Updated below w/MSNBC segment* *)* On the vital question of whether Obama is committed to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, 2011 -- o...
2 days ago
In Medias Res

Friday Morning Videos: "Breakout" (Again) - And since I can't stand to have Swing Out Sister's gloriously colorful video robbed from my archives, here it is again as well.
2 days ago
But, I am a Liberal!

Hitchens at the Intelligence Squared Debate - Part 2 of 18. But I am a Liberal! Words from a realistic liberal
2 days ago
Elizabeth Nolan Brown

My Feminine Perspective - I could say a lot about Helen Rittlemeyer ’s Doublethink piece on women’s Web sites and blogs, but I’m going to focus on her relatively minor criticism of ...
4 days ago
Damon Linker

Against Common Sense - Conservatives would have us believe that they hold a monopoly on common sense. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, and many other right-wing rabb...
5 days ago
The Diary of a Secular Conservative

Where Do We Draw The Line? - I was having a conversation with someone the other day and she took a very moderate position when it comes to taxation. “We shouldn’t be taxing people who ...
1 week 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!
2 months 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...
3 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.
7 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...
7 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...
9 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...
9 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...
10 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...
10 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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