John Derbyshire is one of my favorite opinion journalists. He’s grumpy and pessimistic, but his grumpiness and pessimism sync up with mine a lot of the time. He’s also wicked smart and a hell of a writer. On page 2 of his November diary entry on the National Review site, he answers Randall Parker, who … Read more
Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville was fired today after 10 seasons. He was 85-40 at Auburn, and 5-7 in 2008. It took me a hell of a long time to warm up to Tuberville. Since he first took the head gig at Mississippi, I’ve consistently thought his press was a good 30% better than … Read more
Are you watching? Mona Charen (who still pulls off girlishly cute when she stays away from her old-lady hairdo) has broken a lot of it down here. So far we have an unambiguously centrist economic team, including one member who has recently written a column espousing tax cuts as economic catalysts. Obama’s Secretary of State … Read more