Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2842

Covering Honor Killings

Conor goes deeper than ideology to explain why newspapers cover some stories and not others.
















Newspaper - Directories - United States - Publishers - Women

"An Epidemic Of Not Watching" Ctd

Some of the more radical haredim do not accept the legitimacy of a secular court that is demanding they cease racial segregation in their schools.
















Racial segregation - Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations - Race and Racism - Supremacy and Separatism - United States

"An Epidemic Of Not Watching" Ctd.

Some of the more radical haredim do not accept the legitimacy of a secular court that is demanding they cease racial segregation in their schools.
















Racial segregation - Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations - Race and Racism - Supremacy and Separatism - United States

Palin's Next Prop? Ctd

A reader writes:

Don't forget that Thatcher was also a research chemist for a number of years before politics, and qualified as a barrister as well. Palin went to how many different colleges before getting her BA in Sports Journalism? (The answer is four, in five years.) Thatcher served 32 years in Parliament, 18 before she stood for PM. Palin has 8 years as a councilperson or mayor of a city with fewer than one-tenth the number of people as Thatcher represented for Finchley.  And then two...

The NYT And The Mavi Marmara

Since the incident, not a single Palestinian voice has been on the op-ed page in the print edition. 3 Jewish Israelis have.
















Palestinian people - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - New York Times - Israel-Palestine

Quote For The Day II

"Schizophrenic Agenda: just last wk DC claims top priority=JOBS; then=REDUCE DEBT; now=CAP&TAX (exploit tragedy 2 kill jobs/raise taxes) Pls,FOCUS," - Sarah Palin.
















Sarah Palin - Republican - United States - Politics - Parties

Quote For The Day

"Palin is the only endorsement anyone wants. If you ask who the most influential endorsers are, Palin is numbers one, two, and three," - Rick Santorum.

But the entire Beltway assumes she is a non-starter in 2012. What kind of denial are they in?

Republican - Politics - United States - Rick Santorum - Sarah Palin

The Dish's 1.5 Million-Reader Research Team

That would be you. Just reading the in-tray can be a magical tour of free association. A reader writes:

Eminem's observation reminds me of this 2004 Michael Shaw cartoon in The New Yorker. 

Another:

I found your latest "Creepy Ad Watch" for fart control medicine hilarious, but something kept tickling my brain about the soundtrack. It isn't "cheezy background porn music" ... it's Vangelis' "Love Theme" track from Blade Runner!  To my mind this makes the whole thing even more gloriously...

A President Is Not A Magician

But we can't help using language that implies he is.
















Language - Linguistics - Social Sciences - Natural - Austronesian

Getting Shit Done, Ctd

James Joyner counters:

The problem with all this is that, while being "tough" and "kickingass" and "twisting arms" may well be politically popular, especiallywhen the target is so unpopular, it's well beyond the legitimate powerof the presidency.  ...BP is being forced to assume liabilities to which it is almostcertainly not legally obligated and doing so outside the judicialprocess by which such things are supposed to be decided.   Presidentshave enormous power, though, because they can...