Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2862

Cool Ad Watch

Copyranter raves:

One of the funniest TV spots I've seen in recent memory, for Voltaren pain relief cream. Who needs a big production budget and digital trickery?

Television advertisement - Shopping - Television - Sue Lowden - Jonah Hex

Malkin Award Nominee

"It's just that some people can never forgive her for not aborting a Down-syndrome child. Believe me, I know such people (I'm sorry to say)," - Jay Nordlinger, NRO, trying to explain why so many find Sarah Palin an absurdist (though lethal) political character.
















Sarah Palin - Down syndrome - United States - Jay Nordlinger - Politics

Hathos Alert

"Well, first, Greta, you know why we love you? Because you're not afraid to ask the questions," - Sarah Palin.
















Sarah Palin - Fox News Channel - Arts - Greta Van Susteren - United States

Imagined Landscapes

Matthew Albanese creates detailed sets and then photographs them:

My work involves the construction of small-scale meticulously detailedmodels using various materials and objects to create emotivelandscapes. Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of thefinal model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force theviewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. Using amixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, whitebalance and lighting...

Afghanistan's Mineral Bonanza

Run away! Run away! Conor intuits the same imperial temptation I do. The discovery makes national reconciliation less likely and the appearance of US exploitation more likely.
















National Reconciliation - Asia - Arts - Aid and Development - Warfare and Conflict

The Republican Comfort With A US Default

Bruce Bartlett's latest survey of the crazier right:

Other prominent conservatives who have been favorable, even
enthusiastic, about debt default include Murray Rothbard, Dan Pilla, Jeffrey
Rogers Hummel, and Christopher Whalen. In 1995, then House speaker Newt Gingrich publicly warned the Public
Association that he was prepared to default on the debt unless Bill
Clinton acceded to Republican demands for budget cuts. "I don't care
what the price is," Gingrich...

"Would It Be So Dangerous?"

Bill Kristol wants to get a third war on, Churchill references and everything. There's nothing to fear, says the man who told us there were no serious sectarian tensions in Iraq.
















Bill Kristol - Iraq - Iraq War - Warfare and Conflict - International Policy

"A Fully Reclining Web Browser"

Clive Crook warms to the iPad.
















Clive Crook - United States Congress - Law - United States - Health care

The Limits Of Twitter, Ctd

A reader writes:

I object to the notion that there was no twitter revolution
year. There may not have been one in Iran, but there was certainly
ABOUT Iran. These were tweets being put out in English
by people in the West, anyone seriously paying attention knew they
a fairly troublesome gauge of what was going on.

The Real Twitter Revolution occurred mostly in theAnglophone West, in New York and London, in Vancouver and Auckland. Itwas not in the streets but rather...

How Much Would You Spend On A Pet?

Tara Parker-Pope finds a study:

Most pet owners (62 percent) said they would likely pay for
health care even if the cost reached $500, but that means more than a
third of pet owners said that might be too much to spend on an animal.

What if the bill for veterinary care reached $1,000?

Once the cost of saving a sick pet reached $5,000...