- LGF, “Why I Left the Right: John Birch Society at CPAC Edition” – a good summary of some very insane conspiracy theorists, who unfortunately are considered more credible media than this blogger. CPAC is pretty much a sewer this year; it probably is the case that Pajamas’ Media representation at the conference last year was sign of things to come.
- “Afghan Tribe, Vowing to Fight Taliban, Get U.S. Aid in Return” (nytimes, h/t Josh) – from the article: Elders from the Shinwari tribe, which represents about 400,000 people in eastern Afghanistan, also pledged to send at least one military-age male in each family to the Afghan Army or the police in the event of a Taliban attack. In exchange for their support, American commanders agreed to channel $1 million in development projects directly to the tribal leaders and bypass the local Afghan government, which is widely seen as corrupt. “The Taliban have been trying to destroy our tribe, and they are taking money from us, and they are taking our sons to fight,” said Malik Niaz, a Shinwari elder. “If they defy us now, we will defeat them.”
- Jay Cost, “Could Nancy Pelosi Lose Control of the House?” – from the article: House roll call votes from late in 2009 suggest that there might be a backbench revolt brewing that could undermine Democratic control of the government.
- Megan McArdle, “Oregon to Tax Rich, Corporations More Heavily” – some really good points here about taxation generally.
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About Ashok
I am a graduate student in political science at the University of Dallas who thinks the media is dumb for the most part, yet am immersed myself. I am looking to break my addiction, and this blog is part of the solution: Why not try to see what the past can tell us about the present, as opposed to seeing what the present has to say about the present only?
Currently residing in Cherry Hill, NJ. Facebook. Contact me.
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OK, I’m sold. What should I read here?
- Analysis of The Gettysburg Address: Is Democracy Feasible?
- Analysis of Lincoln's "Second Inaugural:" Where do American virtues lie?
- Commentary on the Book of Jonah
- On "Batman Begins"
- From Love to God: On Hopkins' "As Kingfishers Catch Fire"
- On Emily Dickinson's "These are the days when birds come back..."
- The Coming Age: Macbeth and the Birth of the Modern World
- On Polemarchus: Commentary on the Republic of Plato, 331d-336a
- A Reading of Plato's "Crito"
- Towards a Nietzschean Understanding of Politics: Notes on "The Case of Wagner"
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What’s wrong with Pajamas Media? I say that in naivety – I really don’t know much about it.
I thought this article by Harvey Mansfield might be of some interest to readers here:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-obama-isnt-saying