Communist Apotheosis? Here's the piece BillT was referring to below: Of course, there's no 'enforcement' regime for this tha...

Separate Worlds: Democracy Corps has been down Georgia way . The self-identifying conservative Republicans who make up the base of the Repub...

Those Inspiring Communists II: One good thing the Communists did inspire was jokes at their expense . West German spies used to collect the...

Ironhead: I ran across this old bit featuring Waylon Jennings the other day. His musical advice on the way forward sounds very much like ou...

Those Inspiring Communists: First Thomas Friedman , but he's just a journalist from the New York Times . To someone of that particular ...

Punt the NFL: College football is better anyway . Go, mighty Bulldogs ! Who wants to watch a bunch of mercenaries who'd leave your team...

Victory: People used to ask, "Can you define what victory in Iraq might look like?" How about this ? I think this makes it offici...

Slander: Once again, MSNBC is host to a vicious, nasty attack directed at a lady because she doesn't hold 'progressive' politica...

A Public Service: Obviously, the critics of the rhetoric on the right are better-founded than I knew. This is the kind of reckless, irrespo...

Bthun's Collection: As promised in the comments below, here are some photos of a portion of bthun's collection. He writes: Howdy Gri...

Infidelity: In honor of the ongoing debate at Cassandra's house , a medley: Hang out to the end for some Johnny Cash. UPDATE: Here'...

Shooting Off Your Back Porch: Well, I'm no John Donovan : the man has a much finer collection than I've imagined, and much more exp...

Be Ready: Mickey Kaus has a good thought . If there are well over a million students in charter schools now, and the federal government is p...

Poker and the President: Apparently President Obama and I have one thing in common: he plays poker . I have to admit that I find the fact ...

Swordfighters for Peace: It's not so outrageous. After all, the Prince of Peace said , "[I]f you don't have a sword, sell your...

Crows Fly Backwards: ...to keep the dust out of their eyes. Unfortunately, this is a terrible version of this song, which is otherwise delig...

Rush to Heap: I have never seen a man for whom so many rushed to heap honors at his feet . In readings of history, I can think of only one ...

Photo of the Year: At BlackFive , via McQ.

Another Way: Apropos of our last discussion on modern women and manly men, a former British ambassador responds to a troll. The subject of...

Mystery Solved? You know why we're having a financial crisis now -- Social Security, Medicare, Federal pensions? Why Europe is falling ...