The rhetoric has become too shrill. Even bloggers I normally like, respect, and find intellectually resonant have reverted to fear and hysteria. And, if one reverses the ideological polarity, there is a remarkable resemblance to the ideological panic of 2002.… Continue Reading
This is exactly the reason why I became disaffected with the conservative “movement:” it isn’t a movement, it is an orthodoxy. Any deviation from the party line is quickly identified and punished, at best with a lampooning and at worst… Continue Reading
I’ve little time for blogging right now. In between a heavy work schedule and a mission from The Wife to build a table that seats eight for the back patio in time for a dinner party on Saturday* (she is doing… Continue Reading
The Washington Post is reporting that House leaders have decided to not use the “deem and pass” rule suggested by House Rules Chair Louise Slaughter. Also, I’ve come across indications that Republicans have used the Slaughter Rule, or a similar… Continue Reading
What I love about blogging is finding people who comment on weird combinations of interesting things. Like the impact of facial hair on Presidential politics — it’s not a decisive advantage either way, but Republicans are always more hirsute than… Continue Reading
Apparently unable to muster the votes to actually pass the Senate healthcare reform bill (and Speaker Pelosi and President Obama have reason to be not so confident), so that it can then be amended by way of reconciliation and thus… Continue Reading
Social conservatives made a concerted effort to take over the otherwise-obscure government body that sets standards for schoolbooks and lesson plans for the state of Texas. With the result that, much like the perverse effort to edit out the liberal… Continue Reading
The blogger known as Jon Swift has passed away. His blog was quite possibly the funniest on the entire interent. All you had to know was the tagline: “I am a reasonable conservative who likes to write about politics and… Continue Reading
And here I was today beginning to question the limits of my intelligence. Not so fast. TL!
You are not immune to this. Neither am I, neither is anyone. Your cultural world view shades, often overtly and powerfully, what you think is real. In other words, facts have ideologies. But it’s more than that. Nudge-like, the manner… Continue Reading