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August 18, 2010
Conservative Elites and the Park51 Debate
by Conor Friedersdorf
In his latest column at The Washington Examiner, Gene Healy argues that outrage over the Burlington Coat Factory mosque and community center is a red-herring. "You see, cutting government is hard, and often unpopular," he writes. "Faced with difficult choices, the alleged party of small government always retreats to the lazy politics of Kulturkampf... The establishment Right wants to play the Tea Party movement for suckers. It remains to be seen whether they'll play...
"A Frenzy Of Self-Flagellation"
by Patrick Appel
China recently surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest economy. Evan Osnos reports on the somber Chinese reaction.
China - Japan - Evan Osnos - Asia - Business and Economy
August 17, 2010
Married to Their First Kiss
by Conor Friedersdorf
Dick writes:
Home after enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1955, at age 17, I called the only girl I had ever dated, back when we were in 7th grade. She invited me to go to the Methodist youth group meeting that evening. As we walked back to her place with a full moon peaking through the trees, we stopped and kissed. My first kiss. We got together every day until my leave was over, then wrote every day. I proposed to her before being shipped out and we agreed to get...
Sarah Owns Levi, Ctd
by Chris Bodenner
A reader writes:
Looking at this as a lawyer, as opposed to my more partisan self - a self who would pay to see Sarah Palin eaten by wolves - the language you've referenced not only doesn't bother me, but is kind of appropriate.
Courts do this stuff all the time. Language that prevents the parents from trash-talking the other parent is pretty common, almost routine, in my jurisdiction (which is in Central PA). While language in an order that deals with trash-talking...
Affirmative Action's Staying Power
by Conor Friedersdorf
Randall Kennedy writes:
The true measure of affirmative action's staying power is that its absence now is virtually inconceivable. Liberalism has made racial homogeneity uncool and unacceptable. Even many conservatives are made uncomfortable by lily-white gatherings -- hence the enhanced value to the right of Clarence Thomas, Shelby Steele, Condoleezza Rice, Linda Chavez, and any well-spoken Negro or Latino who consorts with the Tea Party crowd. That conservatives...
How Is Everyone Middle-Class? Ctd
by Patrick Appel
A reader writes:
My brothers and I grew up in a very nice suburb, but my family was at the very bottom of the yearly household income for the area and we knew it. Middle class is relative to your surroundings and the expectations of your peers. We were called the poor kids at our well funded public school.
We were never hungry, had a decent roof over our heads in a safe neighborhood and went to college. Knowing now what the family income was during my childhood, we were...
The Conscience of a Liberaltarian
by Conor Friedersdorf
Brink Lindsey discusses five books on his subject of expertise.
Books - Shopping - Brink Lindsey - United States - Mark Levin
Sullivan Bait
by Chris Bodenner
Matt Stopera compiles and illustrates the "10 Dumbest Maggie Gallagher Quotes." The one above reminds me of the following passage from Andrew's second long response to Ross last week:
[I:]t seems to me from the logic of social conservatism that thosemost in danger of the social chaos social conservatives fear are thosewho would benefit most from being subjected to the cultural power ofthis institution. We know the consequences of marital breakdown for theblack and urban...
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