Another good reason not to run marathons.
Stop The Mercedes? Blair
Down at the bottom of a world full of lies: French news. No Pasaran
Why Dems are losing the culture wars: USA Today
Is boot-licking dead? It deserves another chance. Reasoned Audacity
Ace liked Prestige. Might have to actually go to a movie.
What he said: (Gay Patriot):
While they’re campaigning on banalities and bromides, the Democrats are keeping their real agenda hidden from voters. For, if they make that public, they’d make it clear to voters that they haven’t changed since the American people voted them out of power in 1994. As the Journal puts it: “A Democratic triumph would produce a major shift in the national policy debate, and we can understand why Ms. Pelosi isn’t plastering most of this agenda on billboards around the country.”
To see the type of agenda we’d expect from a Democratic Congress, read the Journal’s piece. And you’ll understand why the Democrats have been keeping their focus on the GOP — and neglecting to campaign on their own agenda.
The Camille Paglia piece, a quote via Clayton:
What do contemporary intellectuals have to offer anyhow? What passionate engagement do they have to appeal to young people? Liberal secularism has become bourgeois and materialistic. It's snide, elitist, and politically marginalized. The chattering class clearly has no effect whatever on decision-making in Washington. Conservative radio hosts have been claiming that liberal criticism of Bush's decisiveness in invading Iraq mirrors the shilly-shallying of 1930s intellectuals during Hitler's rise. The intellectuals, with their cultivated internationalism, always counsel procrastination and leave it to the men of action to deal forcefully with fascist regimes.
Image: Hope this witch comes trick-or-treating to all of you (single) fellows tomorrow night.
