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David Brooks Is Always Wrong, Again–Both Sides Do It Edition/Tricky Dick Bonus Feature.
If I wrote for The New York Times it would piss me off beyond measure that I had to share type with David Brooks. I know from direct, personal conversation that actual Timesmen (or at least one of the… more →
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David Brooks Is Always Wrong, Again--Both Sides Do It Edition/Tricky Dick Bonus Feature.
wrote 1 month ago: If I wrote for The New York Times it would piss me off beyond measure that I had to share type with … more →
David Brooks Is Always Wrong-Yeshiva Bocher edition
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wrote 3 months ago: David Brooks is the plausible half of the Times’ con-op pair; Douthat, to be sneered at later, … more →
Just In Case Anyone Was Worried About A Sudden Shortage…
wrote 4 months ago: …one more thought on Truth-Vigilante-gate. I certainly agree with what seems like every front … more →
Dear Grey Lady? A Request...
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wrote 4 months ago: …Please, oh please, do not let the Style section editor assign or publish anything to do with … more →
Why, Knock Me Down With a Feather: Megan McArdle is Still Always Wrong, Climate Science Edition
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wrote 9 months ago: Warning: This post is way too long. I mean, really. You have been warned. I’ve been off the … more →
Eternal Vigilance...
wrote 9 months ago: … is the condition upon which God hath given liberty to man, you know. And while “libert … more →
Hot Stuff
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wrote 11 months ago: Over in Australia, where the plague of special interest enmeshed AGW “truthers” has been … more →
Did Anyone Actually See David Broder's Body?
wrote 1 year ago: [This is a cross post from Balloon Juice, where it prompted quite a discussion and, this morning, th … more →
When You Hit Bottom, Stop Digging...or McArdle's Kitchen Chronicles redux.
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wrote 1 year ago: Fair warning: This is way too long and fundamentally way too trivial to bother with. Given all the … more →
Ross Douthat has Problems with Women, Babies, Numbers, and More
wrote 1 year ago: Plenty of folks on the blogs, have had their way with the recent essay in defense of the use of poo … more →
A Fish is to a Bicycle
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wrote 1 year ago: Cross posted at Balloon Juice. Just to jump onto the false equivalence bandwagon, here’s anoth … more →
No More Sexy Time For Poor Ireland -- or Ross Douthat Discovers His Inner De Valera
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wrote 1 year ago: This is just a (sort of) quick hit before returning to the Brooksalypse I’ve promised here more tha … more →
An Epitaph for Journalism -- Mystery Quote: Who's being dissed, and by whom.*
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ll give the revealing link below the fold, but for now, read this and tell me which publicat … more →
Real Manly Presidents Don't Hug...Which Means The Deciderer is .... What?
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wrote 1 year ago: Via Balloon Juice channeling Oliver Willis (update: whom, I now see, had the same thought) comes thi … more →
David Brooks is Always Wrong Too: Why Does Brooks (And The Republicans) Hate Contracts So Much?
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wrote 1 year ago: DougJ over at Balloon Juice highlights this latest bit of sleight of hand from that genial con, Davi … more →
Marty Peretz is a Disgrace -- To Civilized Company and to the Tradition He Purports to uphold.
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wrote 1 year ago: Warning: no science, not much politics (directly) and some religion (even Bible!) below. Enter at y … more →
Megan McArdle is Always Wrong: On So Many Axes It's Hard To No Where To Start/Outsourced Edition.
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wrote 1 year ago: Yes, this will be largely outsourced, but just to get everyone in the mood let me quote from the int … more →
How Hard Are Fractions, Really: Elizabeth Warren Scares Her/Megan McArdle Is Always Wrong Chronicles, Cont'd.
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wrote 1 year ago: Update: some edits to make the post read like someone without a grudge against English syntax wrote … more →
Why Friends Don't Let Friends Cite The Atlantic's "Business and Economics Editor": Further to the Megan McArdle is Always Wrong chronicles.
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wrote 1 year ago: Update: Greetings to everyone coming here via TBogg, Susan of Texas, Eschaton and Brad DeLong … more →
