Innermost Parts

William F. Buckley, 1926-2008. Buckley was an icon of the conservative movement. An architect, even. As a writer and architect of the modern conservative movement he truly made his mark. He founded National Review in 1955 at age 30, when the world considered conservative intellectuals a genetic impossibility. Just nine years later, NR would prove [...]

In the latest version of The Hoot, we get treated to this kind of thinking: It’s a legitimate concern to consider how the United States is perceived by the rest of the world and it’s a legitimate desire to have the leader of our country be someone who is PR-friendly. After all, regardless of whom [...]

Alex Norris is tired and upset with all the organic pro-Obama content on the web. Even if I were a diehard Clinton supporter, I would totally oppose this line of thinking. We should be happy that our candidates are so compelling that people willingly take time off of their busy schedules to spontaneously create candidate-related [...]

I’m reading an interesting article in the Nation, taking a critical and nuanced look at Hugo Chavez. Is he a Democrat or Dictator? The article never really decides on one or the other, but instead chooses to discuss the contradictions, motivations, and context for Chavez’s Bolivarian Project. The failed referendum did not end the polemics. [...]

Notice how nearly all these presidential debates are co-sponsored by the Coal Industry? Notice how all these presidential debates conspicuously don’t ask any questions on Global Warming, energy policy, etc? Perhaps these two phenomena are related. Bonus Thought: Coal is the enemy of the human race.

Over the break, Sahar regaled you with tales of intellectual property rights pioneer and would-be Congressman Larry Lessig. He is truly a great man, but like many great men, is truly no longer running for Congress. From his website: After lots of thinking and advice, I have decided it does not make sense for the [...]