Moral clarity on Egypt
From 2005, when there were many more adults in the White House than there are today: I love Dr. Rice. I miss an executive branch that doesn’t have to “evolve” its responses.
Language
Social media didn’t kill shame, but they’re an accessory to the crime
On Monday a friend and I were lamenting how horrifically and enthusiastically a person of our mutual acquaintance is publicly celebrating her adulterous affair. The destruction of one’s family is regrettably blasé all by itself anymore, so commence the mainstreaming of also thoroughly humiliating one’s spouse, I suppose. Did you catch that New York Times … Read more
State of the Union!
I’m live-blogging it! Right. As I type it’s about a half an hour out. I just took a look at what is purported to be a transcript, and it’s nearly 6,800 words. That sounds really, really long. Some of it even sounds reasonable! (That none of those parts can be plausibly resolved with anything The … Read more