Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2845
June 17, 2010
A Partial Defense Of The Tea Parties
Lee Harris pens one:
The lesson of history is stark and simple. People who are easy togovern lose their freedom. People who are difficult to govern retaintheirs. What makes the difference is not an ideology, but an attitude.Those people who embody the "Don't tread on me!" attitude have kepttheir liberties simply because they are prepared to stand up againstthose who threaten to tread on them. To the pragmatist, it makes littledifference what ideas free people use to justify and rationalize...
1994 All Over Again?
Alan Abramowitz looks to November:
Democrats are in a stronger position to defend their majority in the
House of Representatives today than they were in 1994 because a larger
proportion of their seats are in strongly Democratic districts and they
have fewer open seats to defend. However, if the national GOP tide
turns out to be as strong this year as it was in 1994, Republicans
would have a reasonable chance of regaining control of the House with a
very narrow majority.
Chait's reflections on t...
Celebrity Double-Standards, Ctd
A reader writes on different expectations for rock stars and athletes:
There seems to be a pretty straightforward answer to this double-standard that doesn't require any mucking about in paleoanthropology. Athletes are typically associated with hard work and achievement; sports competitions are typically institutional and often government-sponsored events; and athletic competition thrives on order and rules. They are the champions of the values of organized society, which makes them excellent...
The British Press And Sunday, Bloody Sunday
When it comes to exposing a government's war crimes, real and courageous reporting is necessary. Harry Evans remembers his own achievement here. Money quote:
To reach his devastating conclusion, Saville had to acquire and sift a mass of passionate conflicting testimony of a fast-moving series of events occurring more or less simultaneously nearly 40 years ago. Pivotal to his whole inquiry was the unique, original first-hand reporting done over an intense 11 weeks in 1972 by a team of...
538 Crack On The World Cup
Nate Silver - Sports - Democratic - FiveThirtyEight.com - Conservatives
Till Death Do Us Part ... ?
Jessica Bennett and Jesse Ellison make the case against marriage:
It may counter whatwe grew up thinking, but maybe that's not such a bad thing. With ourlife expectancy in the high 70s, the idea that we're meant to betogether forever is less realistic. As Hannah Seligson, the author of ALittle Bit Married, puts it, there's a "new weight to the words 'Ido.'?" Healthy partnerships are possible, for sure—but the permanenceof marriage seems naive, almost arrogant. "Committing to one...
The End Of Retirement?
That's what Michael Schrage is forecasting:
If you are a knowledge worker, cognitive capitalist, or a Reichian symbolic analyst,you will not be retiring at 65. Period. Even if you are in a protectedpublic union with cosseted pension funds, you are at extraordinaryrisk. Just ask the Greeks, the Californians, or the Japanese. This is aglobal phenomenon. Demographics and structural deficits don't lie. Unless the global economy comes roaring back in ways that stimulate sustainable growth in OECD...
No Madonna, Ctd
Nor Ace of Base:
I was listening to Alejandro with my sister and we both heard the huge similarity to Ace of Base. I was thinking of mixing it with 'The Sign' but the she said it was 'Don't Turn Around'. Obviously she was right.
Compare the originals for yourself here and here.
Ace of Base - Web Design and Development - Hosting - Madonna - Free
Female Viagra Fizzles
The little pink pill performed poorly in FDA trials. The New View Campaign has been against the drug because they claim it tends "to pathologize normal sexual diversity and therefore NARROWS the 'cultural ideal' around female sexuality." Miriam at Feministing has a related thought:
Who decides what is hypoactive (aka not active enough or under active) sexual desire anyway?
In my opinion, sexual desire is not something that can be measuredindependently, most frequently what becomes an issue...
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