Kristof has a nice op-ed in today’s New York Times about why Blair is so much admired around the world. His idea is that the prime minister’s popularity is rooted in his ability to reconcile his healthy stores of “moral clarity” (which I interpret to mean “bullheaded myopia”) with shrewd, statesman-like practicality. Like Bush, he [...]
Michael Kinsley has just written another excellent essay, this one about the renewed controversy over gay marriage in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling that people should be able to screw whether or not they happen to share the same sex. His idea on how to avoid the coming debate on the subject? Absolish [...]
I’ve said some snide, stupid shit in my life, but I really surpassed myself today. I was talking to a friend about the new Harry Potter book, and I said something like this: It’s addictive, it really is. Like crack. I wouldn’t call it a great book, though. Just well-plotted. I mean, Rowling’s not the [...]
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