Neutral Zones

Here’s an intemperate comment from Peter Hitchens:
“If I never again had to read or write a word about homosexuals, I would be very happy. I really don’t want to know what other people do in their bedrooms. But these days they really, really want us all to know. And, more important, they insist that we [...]

The Last Word

Give Andrew Sullivan credit for allowing Patrick Appel to speak his mind on the Palin issue.  The Dish has always set the gold standard for airing dissent from across the political spectrum, and I hope more people favor Sullivan’s approach to online discussion over, say, RedState’s.
As to the merits of the issue, I think Appel’s [...]

So What?

Andrew Sullivan’s latest on Trig Palin’s maternity is uncomfortable reading. After wading through the muck, I’m left wondering why he feels the need to badger the poor woman over the circumstances of her son’s birth. Even if everything he says is true – the pregnancy was staged to protect her daughter; the entire story is [...]

Ceasefire!

Speaking of Andrew Sullivan, his latest on gay marriage is quite good:
I have nothing against the voluntary and peaceful activities of any religious group, and regard these organizations as some of the greatest strengths of America. The idea that gay people somehow want to persecute these churches, that we’re out to get you, and hurt [...]

From Milton Friedman to Larry Kudlow

I think Nate Silver is a bit closer to unraveling the conservative psyche than Andrew Sullivan:
This might be the key passage of my interview with John Ziegler on Tuesday, for it is, in a nutshell, why conservatives don’t win elections anymore. It is not that conservatism generally permits less nuance than liberalism (in terms of [...]

Self-Promotion

The trouble with being linked to by the Daily Dish is that my three latest posts discuss Will Smith, Greek basketball, and Morrissey (not that there’s anything wrong with that). If you’re interested in something a bit more serious, I recommend these passable entries on secession, the future of the Republican Party, and the Iraq [...]

Five Thirty Eight

Andrew Sullivan pimps Nate Silver and Co. of fivethirtyeight.com, and rightly so. Silver was an invaluable resource for polling junkies, and I hope he finds a way to repurpose his website now that the election’s over. Sullivan sees Five Thirty Eight’s success as the triumph of new media, and I suppose there’s some truth to [...]

Let’s Not Get Ahead of Ourselves

Andrew Sullivan prematurely congratulates Obama for ending identity politics. It’s a weird column, because Sullivan basically concedes that Obama owes his overwhelming support within the black community to racial solidarity. He also admits that the most effective attacks leveled against Obama are rooted in conservative identity politics. To this list, I’d add a third factor [...]

Present at the Creation

Andrew Sullivan links to a few of his old posts on Kerry v. Bush from October of ‘04. Whatever one thinks of the man – my own favorable feelings have been somewhat diminished by l’affaire Palin – it really is fascinating to go back to a time when The Corner and The Daily Dish were [...]

Make It Stop

I miss the old Andrew Sullivan. The new version is reduced to using Sarah Palin’s own idiocy to justify a bizarre obsession with her son’s maternity.
Of course, his technorati rating is through the roof. Wisdom of the markets and all that jazz . . .
Please. Stop. Now.

Better Late Than Never

Perhaps the financial crisis didn’t convince Sullivan to cease his tireless investigation into Trig Palin’s maternity. At least it’s prompted the NRO crowd to rediscover prudence, caution, and skepticism. And, errr, blaming our problems on black people . . . Baby steps!

A Stark Choice?

One salutary effect of our looming fiscal crisis is that Andrew Sullivan has been thrown off the scent of Trig Palin’s umbilical cord. Here’s his latest offering on the financial crisis.
I sympathize with a lot of what he says. But I also worry that we’re substituting guilty-by-association name-calling for real analysis. As I’ve written earlier, [...]

The Decline and Fall of Andrew Sullivan

John Schwenkler wades through the muck so you don’t have to. All I can think to write is that I’m genuinely saddened by Sullivan’s descent into tabloid trash. The Daily Dish was my introduction to the blogosphere. Although Sullivan has become incredibly link-happy of late, he remains one of the better writers out [...]