Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2805
June 29, 2010
Stan McChrystal And Barry Bonds, Ctd
Bernstein says my reader is wrong about Bonds, steroids and press coziness.
Barry Bonds - Sport - Stanley A. McChrystal - Supplements - Strength Sports
Epistemic Closure Watch
I'm not sure I could name a single policy question on which David Frum has seriously changed his mind in the last few years. He's still in favor of the Bush concept of the war on terror, he's still a neocon in foreign policy, he wants the right to prosper, he likes small government and individual liberty and balanced budgets. He voted for McCain. He has not had the Iraq epiphany I have had, along with a re-think of America's global reach. He has not been as radical a critic of the...
The Palin Model, Ctd
A Virginia conservative blog is ejected from a Palin war rally:
We're being kicked out. So much for
transparency.
They were tolerated for the entire program until Palin started speaking. Then her goons got them. By the way, the motto for their site is:
Most navigation rules state that the best course of action with constant bearing and decreasing range is to alter one's course to starboard - the right! Therefore, most of us at Bearing Drift ascribe to this rule - if it looks like the...
Angle On Abortion
Following the Palin model, she won't talk to the press any more so you have to go back to January to find a radio interview on this subject. In it, she explains why she believes that abortion should be illegal in all cases, including rape and incest:
You know, I'm a Christian and I believe that God has a plan and a
purpose for each one of our lives and that he can intercede in all kinds
of situations and we need to have a little faith in many things.
I'm not sure I could ever vote for Harry R...
The End Of Privacy And The Rise Of Surveillance Power
A brilliant is on the Economist site that really helps take the debate about what just happened to Dave Weigel - and about Internet privacy altogether - to the next level. The gap between our public and private selves is simply part of human nature; but when that discrepancy can be proven, and when "journalists" seek to exploit that discrepancy by publishing examples of a journalist thinking in private, then it's more about power than transparency or morality. Money quote:
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The View From Your Window Contest: Winner #4
A reader writes:
Somewhere tropical, reasonably developed. Not continental US. Can't
find somewhere in Hawaii with this much flat land. Phuket, Thailand?
Another writes:
Looking at the chair, it has a certain elegant South Asian feel to it. But the water has that beautiful tropical glow and the surroundings look
fairly prosperous. Thus, I'm going to guess: Victoria, Seychelles.
Another:
Judging by the trees, landscape, ocean color, and river through town, I'm going to wildly guess Hoi An...
The Palin Model
Sharron Angle is only doing what Sarah Palin did - ducking the media, channeling her message entirely to the base, avoiding what she called the "filter" whereby her statements and record could actually be challenged by reporters. Angle has not quite gotten away with it because the Nevada press is much, much more professional than the national press corps. But she's trying. And she heralds a possible era in which candidates do not even pretend to be accountable, but exist in a bubble of...
Ross On Afghanistan: Getting Warmer, Ctd
In response to Millman, Douthat fleshes out his position:
[Yglesias:] concludes that American policy toward Afghanistan should"restrain our goals, shy away from efforts to conquer hostileterritory, and simply try to provide some help to friendly Afghanswhile scaling our commitment of resources down to a more sustainablelevel." Aiming for "a more sustainable" American presence doesn't soundlike a policy oriented toward an actual withdrawal; rather, it soundslike a recipe for what Rory Stewart...
Hewitt Award Nominee
"Somebody has to say this. When Hitler took power, no one wanted to think that the Holocaust, the murder of 6 million Jewish people, was possible. I'm saying that you have to recognize and name tyranny when you see it. And I think people are finding out that I'm the candidate who's willing to speak clearly and not be afraid of sounding politically incorrect, and my opponent isn't that candidate," - congressman congressional candidate Rick Barber, finally forced to respond to the press about h...
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