The Shire is just an Anarcho Syndicalist Commune

October 25, 2007

>> Chomsky and Zinn on Lord of the Rings, via McSweeneys.  Pure brilliance.  “The ‘master ring,’ the so-called ‘one ring to rule them all,’ is actually a rather elaborate justification for preemptive war on Mordor.”

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Anonymous Hero

October 24, 2007

>> The Washington Redskins have a Drunken Anonymous Hero to thank for Neil Rackers’ game ending shank in their tense win versus the Cardinals on Sunday.  C’mon Mr. Snyder, you can spare the change – give this guy that seat from here on out.

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When Bad People Get Along

October 24, 2007

>> The neat thing here is that, with Rick Reilly going to ESPN, soon every sportswriter I can’t stand will be under one roof. It’s so convenient – makes it easier to hate. The first comment says it all: “Two stories Reilly wrote really stick out in my mind: The one where he got to […]

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It’s not 2006 anymore

October 24, 2007

>> Michael Barone has a good reminder for us. It ain’t 2006 anymore.

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This story shall the good man teach his son

October 24, 2007

Read the story. Listen to the podcast. The November issue of The American Spectator magazine will feature as its cover story the exclusive recounting of a chilling tale of heroism, courage, and loss one morning in Iraq — an article by yours truly, which was only made possible by the fact that I was there […]

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If I Had a Hammer

October 18, 2007

>> Falling Down, the suburban D.C. version.

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Finally!

October 17, 2007

>> Finally, we have a candidate for 2008 who recognizes the threat posed by the Bear population.

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Life, the University, and Everything

October 16, 2007

>> First Things’ Amanda Shaw writes an excellent little post on Life, the University, and Everything.

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These words don’t mean what you think they mean

October 13, 2007

>> The insanity of “Starhawk” and the Wiccans, now playing at the WaPo. Of course, it’s all lies.

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The Exhilaration of Vice

October 12, 2007

So one of the networks ran a package on the spate of recent war movies from Hollywood, most of them of distinctly anti-American thematic content, in which an interview with some film critic or other was introduced this way: “This is not your father’s Hollywood, is it?” Answer: “No. In the World War II era, […]

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