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Environment II by mark andrew york (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
At the Washington Post, didn't care for my poke George Will in the eye punditry it seems. Alas, this was no contest at all, but a diversity of mediocrity festival that resembles applying for any job if you happen to to over 50 and not already a Stanford perfessor like one of the winners. Thank you for entering the first season of the America’s Next Great Pundit contest. You didn’t make...
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News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Where there’s a Will … there’s another Will. We’ve lost William F. Buckley Jr. and now William Safire. Stay well, George Will. Betty Foster Prairie Village
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I am not who I think I am or is I whom? (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE KGB BAR, 7-9pm 85 E 4th Street, E Village, NYC: Karen Garthe, Jefferson Hansen, Erica Lazure Plouffe, and M. E. Parker. See link for details. Also see Jefferson Hansen's blog to read his comments on some writings by his fellow readers. ________ SUNDAY October 4th, 2009, 5:30 pm Phoenix Reading Series @ Bengal Curry, trendy Tribeca, NYC (hot hot hot!) Curator: George Spencer I will...
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All Hands On Deck! (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
President Obama has a major decision to make regarding the war strategy in Afghanistan and rightly is being criticized for his sudden hesitance and indecisiveness. After two years of debating the issue on the campaign trail and 8 months in office, it is embarrassing and inexcusable for the President to state that he has not yet settled on a strategy. Oddly, he seems to have simply put aside his announcement...
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The Humble Libertarian (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
By: Ryan Jaroncyk , T H L Contributor In my recent blog, " Make a choice: contain Al Qaeda or nation build in Afghanistan ," I endorsed George Will's proposal for a more limited and focused mission. Now, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Ralph Peters, has issued a similar proposal in the New York Post . Like Will, Peters advocates a more narrowly defined mission, one that specifically targets...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
The sirens and other orchestral sounds singular to Times Square will have some competition on Monday night. The Metropolitan Opera’s opening-night gala performance of Puccini’s “Tosca,” which begins at 6:30 p.m., will be transmitted onto multiple screens in Times Square and to a large screen at Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza. The new production, with Karita Mattila,...
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Big Lizards (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
I rarely fisk anything; too often, it's like shooting drunks in a barrel. But I simply couldn't resist this David Harsanyi column... it's such a target-rich environment. I looked him up in Wikipedia and discovered he's a movement libertarian and an atheist; dang, you could have knocked me over with a wrecking ball: There is a certain je ne sais quoi about many contemporary libertarians and the "arguments"...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Robert A. George: "No Will For Afghanistan" The moderate-conservative Republican journalist and blogger opines about the war in Afghanistan : "When a major conservative commentator comes out against a war, much like William F. Buckley came out against Iraq, people take notice. Yesterday, George Will did that on Afghanistan. Unlike Buckley, Will did not reject involvement completely:...
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Betty's List (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center - SF Public Library - Upcoming Events/Exhibits - September The James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center of the San Francisco Public Library is proud to present the following programs and exhibitions in September 2009: - Programs - Wednesday September 2nd - 6:00 PM Latino-Hispanic Room, Main Library Lower Level RADAR Reading Series - Guest host Lambda Award...
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Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Despite how much sense it might make on the surface, everyman actor George Clooney will not portray everyman government agent Jack Ryan in a new installment of the film series based on Tom Clancy's bestsellers. There was talk last month that Clooney really wanted to make the leap back into franchisedom once Paramount announced it was seeking to reconstitute the series in light of the successes of...
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SnitchSeeker.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
All characters belong to J.K. Rowling. The summer in between Harry's 5th and 6th year at Hogwarts. Chapter 1 Ginny rushed down the stairs to the common room. She had just finished packing her trunk and wanted to say goodbye to her boyfriend, Dean Thomas before it was time to get on the Hogwarts express. She saw Dean waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs. “Dean!” she said. “Hi,”...
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Mark Dery is guest blogger du jour until August 17. He is the author of Culture Jamming, Flame Wars, Escape Velocity, and The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium. He's at work on The Pathological Sublime, a philosophical investigation into the paradox of horrible beauty and the politics of "just looking." On a recent flight to Rome, I found my sleep-deprived thoughts turning to the question that has...
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OpenMarket (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” describes a world in which the utopian dream of equality has been achieved beyond anyone’s wildest imaginings: “Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” This strict…
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Outside Counsel (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
We've presently embroiled in a lawsuit that has me deposing representatives of the Catholic Church, and as I was walking to the office of my adversary the other day I was thinking about the place the Church presently occupies in intellectual discourse. In the mid-Twentieth Century it was a significant player, after all. Telhard de Charden, Flannery O'Connor, Andre Malraux.... It occurred to me that...
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