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Instead of cowering in a corner how about speaking up? Laura Kipnis spoke up. Jordan Peterson continues to speak up. Camille Paglia won...

Or New Yorkers deserve the politicians they get : “Yeah, why not Anthony Weiner?” said one transit worker. “Weiner’s a fighter. You see him...

I must bring my meager contributions to this blog to an end. I really appreciated the opportunity to contribute, Rachel. Please keep in tou...

Just because it is an amazing song. All politics and no music makes Holmes a dull boy.

Some (slightly) good news for once. ..

>Saudi King gives away billions to buy off angry subjects .

...and pay us. "

Uses his psychiatry skills to analyze the ravings and motivations of a deranged man .

continued by these little cowardly bastards.

via Althouse .

TSA Cucumber Day will do.

After reading: Barney Frank reelected Harry Reid reelected . Obama is not happy . And Minority Leader Pelosi? Be careful who you're mess...

Yes!

While reading about Nancy Pelosi's rock and roll lifestyle : It's good to be the queen .

Jonathan Rauch on the Tea Party movement. The Starfish and the Spider , a business book by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom, was published i...

Hopefully the first of a multi-part serie s. via Ace of Spades.

Or the Decay of England (cont.)....

Megan McArdle: FDR lived in a different era. His speeches come across so well today precisely because they were designed largely to be read...

T-shirts with slogans, flip flops and wrinkles.

The existential crisis of Obama supporters: According to Maureen Dowd , “Obama is the head of the dysfunctional family of America — a ration...

Break out the booze: Heavy Drinkers outlive teetotallers. Animal, vegetable or mineral? South Sudan cities. Beware the wrath of writers. N...

To that godawful black taffeta poke bonnet worn by the nuns in "Doubt."

There, I said it. I just saw "Doubt," and I found Ms. Streep's much-vaunted ability to do accents a huge distraction. I...

Virginia Postrel ponders the sartorial choices of Joan Campbell, a CIA chief played by Kari Matchett on "Covert Affairs." Joan .....

Cool old photos of English schoolchildr en. via Lucianne.com

Farah Fawcett , the subject of the best-selling poster of all time. Really, this list has some serious omissions. Who's your favorite b...

Marilyn Monroe tops the list of greatest blondes. That's fine, I suppose, but who the hell are these other people? Denise Van Outen? Ho...

Halle by Kate Spade [T]he Kate Spade wedge heels are not just one candidate’s shoes. They seem to be the shoes of a circle of younger women...

Whither the medical revolution? Where sheep may safely graze: Hobbiton. Why are Palestinians still refugees? The nutty dressers luncheon.

When you're talking to a customer angry over an error made by your company and she says, obviously referring to the company, that "...

Government eating guidelines. According to Scientific American, growing research into carbohydrate-based diets has demonstrated that the med...

Jane Eyre 's Mr. Rochester. 6. At the end of the book, Rochester is blind and maimed from the fire that ultimately destroyed Thornfield ...

Chinese traffic jam enters its 10th day.

How Jimmy Carter saved beer. ADDED: But even the pretentious Marin County microbrewers have their doubts about Jimmy Carter redux.

How to defeat the Death Star: Power Point. The truth about Charlie Chan. The recluse , thanks to Holmes. Sibling rivalry: Hollywood's ...

Daniel Engber: If you're a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., you've got more pressing concerns: ...

Via Osocio .

How ancient Greek statues really looked. Via Color+Design Blog

50 years of the Rat Pack. Christopher Walken reads things. Fonts , via Miriam. Pick your poison: Urinals? Or those other things?

Blurring the line between farce and reality .

Candidate takes "Jewish money." Via

Evelyn Gordon wonders: Clearly, the Palestinian Authority can’t fund its hospitals as Israel does ... : It’s a young, struggling state-in-th...

And has been for 30 years. His granddaughter told investigators Kato holed up in his room about 30 years ago after declaring he wanted to be...