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This video is the most elegant iteration I’ve seen of the dialogue on the left about the President. What’s so amazing about “Barack Hussein Obama,” written and directed by Jamil Khoury, is that both sides are treated with respect. And what a shame that should be amazing! Khoury is Artistic Director of the Chicago theater [...]
Archive for the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Category
October 3rd, 2011
Really. Explaining why the Republicans are rejecting President Obama’s jobs package, which includes things like rebuilding schools and spending on infrastructure like roads, bridges, etc., Cantor said: I think at this point Washington has become so dysfunctional that we’ve got to start focusing on the incremental progress we can make. Both sides have their desires [...]
February 8th, 2011
Category: Clash of Civilizations, National Security
Does befriending non-Americans harm one’s chances for security clearance?
August 5th, 2010
Dan Senor and the National Review want to stigmatize donors to the Ground Zero Muslim community center? Sign me up.
April 23rd, 2008
Category: Clash of Civilizations
Charlie Cook:
“The good news for Hillary Rodham Clinton is that she’s winning a lot of battles. The bad news is that the war is pretty much lost.”
March 15th, 2008
Category: Clash of Civilizations, Spirituality and Religion
Matthew Yglesias (his girlfriend, actually) reviews Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. Making fun of Christain pop culture is easy–there’s a lot that deserves to be made fun of. What makes Rapture Ready worthwhile is that Radosh–a secular Jew–goes beyond mockery to engage seriously with Christian believers who make, consume, [...]
February 22nd, 2008
Left, Right, and Lunar all agree on Kosovo.
February 22nd, 2008
Category: Clash of Civilizations, International Affairs
Serbia never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
February 13th, 2008
Bad cop, worse cop in the Kremlin.
February 19th, 2007
Category: Clash of Civilizations
If you say that genocide might be “the military strategy we’ll have to follow in five or ten years,” and that it will be “unavoidable,” you shouldn’t be surprised if people think you’re not unalterably opposed to it.