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The Most Important Question to ask yourself before going to law school.
I wish I could take credit for this.
“ The comments were poorly phrased, but the appropriate response would have been a clarification and an apology. Hysterical moralism is non-partisan; both the left and the right in the United States are subject to moral panics, storms of self-dramatizing indignation and puritanical censorship. Witch trials, tarring and feathering of those who transgress the perceived moral limits of the community, the humiliation of culprits against morality by placing them in the pillory: liberal as well as conservative Americans find something deeply and timelessly satisfying in these displays of communal righteousness. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about the tyranny of opinion and the terrible pressure on Americans to conform; Juan Williams now knows what de Tocqueville was talking about.
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy, CFR on Juan Williams’ firing from NPR.
The Organization Kid as Supreme Court Justice
David Brooks references his article (one of my favorites of all time) in The Atlantic a decade ago regarding “Organization Kids”, the current generation of college students and graduates who unfailingly adhere to the belief in a completely meritocratic society and are unquestioningly deferential to authority, carefully crafting their personal and professional lives to maximize their career and social advancement. It’s a distinct possibility that Elena Kagan might just fit into that mold of a cautious, non-ideologically driven, careerist.
The best movie scene of all time.
Treme. I guarantee this will be the best fucking show this year. I can’t wait.
The WSJ at its best...
In the article I previously posted regarding David Frum being fired from the AEI, the Post referenced an editorial in the Wall Street Journal bashing Frum for blaming Republicans for their loss on the Health Care Bill. Reading the editorial is well worth your time because it is so absurd. My two favorite pieces from it:
“Mr. Frum now makes his living as the media’s go-to basher of fellow Republicans, which is a stock Beltway role. But he’s peddling bad revisionist history that would have been even worse politics….The reality is that ObamaCare is the price of two GOP electoral defeats caused by the failure of the DeLay Congress and a dismal Bush second term.”
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“Republicans also suffered bad luck that gave Senate Democrats their 60 votes only after former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was unjustly indicted, Minnesota’s Al Franken stole a recount from hapless Norm Coleman, and Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter jumped ship.”
Enjoy!
