Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2704
July 28, 2010
The Neocon Splutter, Ctd
Barry Rubin joins the chorus from the neocon right claiming that "Turkey is on the enemy side." It was once a given on the right that keeping Turkey close to the West was essential in defusing Islamism and winning the war on terror. But once Turkey took on Israel, that ended, because the war many neocons are waging is for Israel, right or wrong, not the West at large. Neo-fascist Andy McCarthy calls Cameron a "disgrace". Stark raving bonkers Melanie Phillips has a herd of cows:
It is...
Asexual Reproduction In Government
Institutions, like organisms, seek survival for themselves and their descendants.One of the conceits at the heart of most theories of government, whichhas perhaps reached its apogee in this age of technocratic, managerialliberalism, is the idea that institutions are fundamentallyinstrumental. To an anarchist, this is a flatly silly proposition. (Ananalogue might be a Christian trying to get an atheist to concede thatlife has a "purpose.") Institutions aren't simple...
Sully Bait
Shopping - Recreation - Pope - Religion and Spirituality - Christianity
The View From Your Window Contest, Ctd
A reader writes:
Most of the time when I read blog comments I am disheartened by the
sheer level of stupidity in the world. However, when I read the comments on your
blog (edited, but still), I am reassured by the knowledge that there
are thoughtful, intelligent readers out there. This contest alone
proves that.
I'm constantly staggered by the sheer quality of writing and global knowledge of Dish readers. Another writes:
For the sake of truthfulness, your reader did NOT have a picture of the...
If He Were President
Wyclef Jean is considering a presidential run in his homeland of Haiti. Daniel Berger, editor of Rap Genius, tries to decipher his policy positions:
Issue: Crime
Rhyme: "All my gangs put the peace sign up now" ("Rebel Music")
Policy: Gang violence is a major issue in Haiti. An anti-violence initiative would go a long way. (However, on "Ready or Not" he raps "if I could rule the world / Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course," so he may believe that personal responsibility is...
Hewitt Award Nominee
"While most of America was on vacation, President Obama bypassed the
Senate confirmation process and on July 7 appointed a radical, Dr.
Donald Berwick, to the Department of Health and Human Services to
oversee the nation's Medicaid and Medicare system. While I was helping my 1-year-old son, Gunner, do his
life-prolonging breathing treatment, his president betrayed him and
others who suffer from cystic fibrosis," - Kristan Hawkins, Washington Examiner.
Donald Berwick - Barack...
Three, Four ... Twenty Blocks? Ctd
Yglesias tries to reason with Newt using Microsoft Paint:
According to Eric Kleefeld, Gingrich clarified his thinking
last night on Greta VanSusteren's show indicating that the
boundary of the Exclusion Zone lies somewhere south of 59th Street:"You know, there are over a hundred mosques in New York City. I favor religious freedom," said Gingrich
quite happy if they'd come in and said, 'We want to build a
center near Central Park, we'd like to build a...
The View From Your Window
Bang Pat Village, Thailand, 12.30 pm
Thailand - Asia - Travel and Tourism - Business and Economy - Government
How To Rebuild Neoconservatism: Palestine, Ctd
I guess I didn't expect much of a response to my post yesterday and I wasn't disappointed. But I am not the first to make this case. Back when democracy-building in the Arab world was a major neoconservative theme, my current boss, James Bennet, then NYT's correspondent in Jerusalem, wrote two pieces. From May 2002:
It is perhaps Pollyannaish even to conjure the scenario, at such a dark moment in Israeli-Palestinian relations. But imagine the effect on Israeli fears about Palestinian...
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