Category Archives: Other punditry

Kevin Raybould has a sharp rebuke to Mickey Kaus for the reasons Kaus gives for disliking John Kerry. The “nut graf”, as the insiders say: This whole post is Gore II. Gore was a bad man because of his appearance … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From an op-ed in the Chron, overlooked by me but spotted by the permalinkless Blah3 (it’s the first entry for November 26, scroll down a bit) and written by a member of that notorious liberal cabal the Heritage Foundation: There … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have a lot of respect for people who can actually read something written by Michelle Malkin. Greg Beato has done so here, and the results are quite amusing. Check it out. Via Matt Welch. I should note that my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greg Morrow finds a new trick for an old dog: the self-fisking. I think this is why the French invented reflexive verbs. Continue reading →

Kevin has been kind enough to note that I’ve beaten the Houston Press‘s Richard Connelly to the draw several times, so I’m happy to note that he’s done the same here. And I second the notion that Connelly should get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jay Zilber has a great rant about the state of health insurance and how it affects a self-employed person such as himself. [I]nstead of reflexively trotting out the old, weatherbeaten scare-arguments — which have been stripped down to PowerPoint bullet-point … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kevin Drum asks the real question about Martha Burk and the Augusta National golf club: Martha Burk is waging a war of ideas and words, not a legal battle, and her idea is simple: Augusta National is not the Girl … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kevin Drum has a modest proposal for the minimum wage. I’d vote for it. Continue reading →

Tony Adragna points me to this Tim Noah piece, in which Noah attempts to uncover the reason for all those nice obits for Paul Wellstone that various right-wingers have been writing: Conservatives grieve Paul Wellstone because there is little or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Alex Frantz ties together some recent threads on those who lionize Ollie North and throws in a mess of pointers to those who compound the sin by falsely villainizing Al Gore in the process. Check it out. Continue reading →

The Slacktivist discovers that “Ashcroft” is an epithet even among Republicans. Via Body and Soul. Continue reading →

Max Sawicky takes time from his busy blogging schedule to do some paid work arguing against the Bush tax cut. Continue reading →

I just got a nice note from Tom Spencer, who wondered if I was the Charles Kuffner that he went to college with. I am, and I’m glad to hear that an old classmate is a fellow traveller. Tom’s a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you haven’t already, take a moment to read this Andrew Northrup post on the nature of news reporting and objective truth. It’s well worth your time. Continue reading →

Once again, other writers follow where Off the Kuff leads. Not only does Richard Connelly of the Houston Press take his shot at poor defenseless Fran Blinebury, he even quotes LA Times writer TJ Simers doing the same: After the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From a Two Minute Drill by Will Vehrs: I’m surprised there isn’t more outrage over voting problems in South Florida, especially from the “Al Gore Was Robbed” crowd. I guess irregularities only matter if your candidate is losing. We all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Charles Dodgson has some sharp words regarding Noelle Bush and reactions to her recent troubles: Now that Noelle Bush has been caught trying to smuggle a crack rock into a rehab facility, folks on the right are cautioning left-wingers not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Following up on his mocking of Chron reporter Rachel Graves for her “Crawford Weblog”, Richard Connelly of the Houston Press makes fun of Fran Blinebury (scroll down) for his ignorant selection of BYU to with the Western Athletic Conference. Help … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Avedon is “inarticulate with disgust” over this rant by Steven den Beste in which he claims “[…] there’s been a deafening silence from such people about the sheer brutality and barbarity of some of their customs, particularly in how they … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just got an email from my friend Nick Gvosdev. He’s the editor-in-chief of In The National Interest, an “online weekly designed to provide insight and analysis of American foreign policy and world events from a realist perspective”. It’s a companion … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was reading this article in the Chron about shock jocks and crossing the line when it struck me: Ann Coulter is to punditry what Opie and Anthony are to deejays. Opie and Anthony’s sex-in-church stunt has earned them a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, as expected I had no trouble finding more than eight people in Ann Coulter’s America who oppose the current plan to invade Iraq. I’ve since discovered that others such as Michelle at A Small Victory have successfully performed the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mark Evanier makes a safe prediction about 2004: I have only one prediction, which I’ve made here before. I think, in ’04, the question will be, “Do you feel safer now than you did on September 11?” If most voters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

By now you’ve probably heard of Ann Coulter’s latest contribution to civil discourse: HOW IS IT that the New York Times managed to locate the only eight people in America opposed to attacking Iraq? (By “America,” I obviously mean to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The never-ending debate over which side of the political spectrum is more likely to engage in ad hominem name-calling is raging anew. Reynolds started one such conflagration in the comments on this post, while Will Vehrs points to an entry … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congrats to Jack Cluth for his successful move of The People’s Republic of Seabrook to a new home on the web. Be sure to drop in and give him a good word, and don’t forget to update your blogrolls. Continue reading →

Jim Henley asked why there is no “lefty” equivalent to Glenn Reynolds, which led to a number of interesting followups (see here, here, here, here, here, and here). I’ve been thinking about this, and (at long last) I have a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t quite understand the reactions of certain people to Brian Linse’s Lefty Directory. It’s only a label, folks. Would you have preferred that Brian call it his Blogroll of People Whose Opinions Are Reasonably Similar To His Own? I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

An interesting piece in Salon today by Keith Olbermann about understanding the consequences of one’s actions. Here’s the part that got me: It will never occur to [Ann] Coulter that in the vast crowd of us who appeared on television … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kevin had pointed awhile back to this interesting take by Jeanne D’Arc on perception and bias. Sometimes, seeing distortions and slurs in a news story says more about you than it does about the writer. Continue reading →

The Chron gives Dubya the business for abandoning his free-trade principles. It’s a good piece, and it’s always heartening to see a bastion of pro-Bushiness such as the Chron take him to task, but would it kill them to note, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

TAPped recently printed this excerpt from a dreadful Cal Thomas column: On the eve of our great national birthday party and in the aftermath of Sept. 11, when millions of us turned to God and prayed for forgiveness of individual … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Josh Trevino and Owen Courreges respond to the condemnations of the UN alliance between American Christian conservatives and Islamist states. Both make good points, and I recommend that you read what they have to say. Continue reading →

Andrew Sullivan asks why the Bush administration should want to ally itself with Islamist states on issues like women’s rights and gay rights. The Bull Moose practically echoes my sentiments: Haven’t these folks heard the President’s “axis of evil” speech? … Continue reading → Continue reading →