Well, if you’re a Gadfly reader and live in Nevada, head to the polls today (but, of course, only if you have time to inform yourself thoroughly about the candidates…I am really bothered by the ‘get out and vote’ meme that acts like voting in and of itself is a good thing to do). In [...]
Remember the apologia pro vita McCain? Sure, he is not the most conservative candidate, sure his ‘maverickiness’ scares some on the right as much as some on the left, sure his middle of the road tendency is not what we would pick in an ideal year, but 2008 needed the unusual. What we needed was [...]
As the votes are being counted, I am holding my breath. It has been a very long time since any significant good news happened, and I don’t want to jinx Brown. Jim Geraghty is confident, citing that Obama towns are flipping for Brown. Good news indeed, but as I write, only 23% of precincts are [...]
For your Saturday morning cup o’ joe read, I thought I would direct you to Jihadology: How the Creation of Sovietology Should Guide the Study of Today’s Threats. It is an interesting article over at Foreign Affairs, and I particularly appreciate its approach to our history of dealing with Soviets as a competent and coherent [...]
I have noted before the chaos that is bubbling within Nevada on both sides of the political isle. Now, granted, Nevada is not a particularly important state by size or resources, but being home of Harry Reid is enough to make the coming races here of intense national interest. Both Reid’s seat is up in [...]
Of the many critiques that can be leveled at the reds in Cuba, one is certainly that they deprive the world of a rich musical tradition, full of fantastic folk and old bossa/jazz work. Cuban’s have a distinctive sense of rhythm that strikes me as a mixture between, at least in part, tango and African [...]
In the interests of full disclosure: no, I have not read Twilight, nor am I really interested. Anything that inspires droves of teenage American girls is, at this point in our culture, bound to be facile, vapid, stultifying, and [insert pejorative adjective here]. From the Telegraph: The film [Twilight's New Moon], above, contained “an explosive [...]
You bet he will try. It has been national news for a while now that Reid is running very poorly in his polls, and in a recent Mason Dixon poll that pitted him against his two top challengers (right now there are 10 Republicans vying for his seat), he lost handily to both. From the [...]
Any Gadflies or readers who live in NY-23, New Jersey, or Virginia: GO VOTE! Today is the day, and is as important for the people whom you elect as it is to show the sway of popular sentiment. We need to show opposition to the monstrosities in Congress, right now. The Corner, as ever, is [...]
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