Jonathan Miller's Blog, page 414
June 16, 2011
Ronald J. Granieri: Judging Henry Clay
Syracuse University Professor and Friend of RP Ronald J. Granieri tackled an important subject recently for The American Interest magazine: Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser and — more importantly — the namesake of the RP's high school. Here is his fascinating take on the legend from Lexington and how he has come between two GOP politicians in Kentucky today:
This past February, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) used his maiden speech on the Senate floor to attack one of his home state's most...
June 15, 2011
The RP: I'm Interviewing John McCain Tomorrow. Any questions?
Tomorrow at 2 PM EDT, contributing RP Lisa Borders and I are co-hosting the weekly episode of No Labels Radio.
No Labels is a new grassroots movement of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who are united in the belief that we do not have to give up our labels, merely put them aside to do what's best for America. No Labels Radio will offer a weekly dose of news and interviews with the policymakers who are working to find bipartisan answers to the otherwise intractable problems our...
The Politics of Gen Y: Making Time for Tomorrow
I finished my first year of law school in May. The grind-it-out days of 1L behind me, I jumped on the first flight I could out of my "home" in Philadelphia to my "home-home" outside Los Angeles. Having studied out-of-state as an undergraduate as well, I have grown accustomed to the cross-country flight, just as I know exactly what to expect from my two weeks of vacation back in California. I'll play some golf with Dad, see some of my oldest friends, watch the L.A. Dodgers (now a team of...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Diamond
The Politics of Baseball
In a lot of ways, baseball teams are defined by First Basemen. Look around the league today: Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, and Ryan Howard are all first basemen. Here are some teams in need of help at that spot. [MLB Trade Rumors]
Major League Baseball is considering realigning the American and National Leagues in interesting ways. I am ALL FOR THIS. I think divisions in baseball are a crime. Great teams in the AL East and NL East/Central with better records...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Laughter
The Politics of Laughter
A woman turns to social media (Facebook, specifically) to try and gain an upper-hand on her ex-husband. Not everything was as it seemed. [Time Newsfeed]
Too easy? Meh, I still like it. [picture]
That water is really cold. [picture]
One of the stranger newspaper police reports I've seen. [newspaper]
If you watch NASA backwards. . . [Twitter]
RPTV: My Home Energy Rehab, Part 4
It's what you've been up late nights awaiting…
The final episode of the RP's classic quadrology (is that the next step after trilogy?): Part 4 of his home energy rehab.
If you missed Parts 1-3, the audit and the rehab, which includes some exciting film of the geothermal work done on the Miller Home, click here.
In Part 4, Jamie Clark of Arronco leads the RP through the final stages of the rehab, and then through the quality assessment, made possible by the Kentucky Home Performance program.
If I...
The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Recovery
Here's some literal recovery. New York magazine goes inside the operating room for eight life-changing surgeries. Warning: these photographs are stunning, but they're not for the squeamish. [NY Magazine]
89-year-old evangelist and rapture predictor Harold Camping is recovering after a stroke. He couldn't have predicted that one (Time Magazine's words, not mine). [Time]
After too many snafus to count, the infamous "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" musical is off the stage. Bono and the Edge...
The Politics of Stimulus: Our Lives in a World Gone Mad
We live in a world gone mad on stimulus. From "five hour energy drinks" to natural male enhance, from bodily augmentation to three dimensional television, there is little left in our daily lives that is not, well, "stimulated."
Jimmy Johnson: Pro-stimulus
It should come as no surprise, then, that once the economy hit the fan, Bush and Obama would both choose Keynesian "stimulus" over that vanilla-plain Hayekian approach. We could have it no other way. If any people on Earth could be said to...
June 14, 2011
Jeff Smith: Obama's Chances in North Carolina
North Carolina isn't a must-win for Obama; it was icing on the cake last time. But I do think he'll win there. Like Colorado but unlike Ohio, North Carolina is a swing state that is moving steadily in Democrats' direction because of long-term demographic trends, primarily the continued influx of tech workers and other highly educated voters into the Research Triangle.
The state's growth is centered in the progressive middle third of the state, as opposed to the more conservative East and the A...
The Politics of the Box Office: At Theaters Near You…
The Politics of Film
I see a lot of movies. More than almost anyone else I know. This is probably because I am broke and out of work and $4.25 for a ticket to a movie is the cheapest entertainment around. Whatever the case may be, I have seen a lot of the films out right now, and if you can't decide whether or not to catch a movie this week, let these short reviews help you decide.
Super 8 - This film, written and directed by Lost's JJ Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, is a mix...
