So Pawlenty, after focusing his efforts on Iowa, got less than half as many votes as either Ron Paul or (the WINNER) Michele ‘Tip of the Spear’ Bachmann at the Ames Straw Poll. As Yoda would say, “How embarrassing.” If Pawlenty continues with his campaign, . . . . Continue Reading »
In previous Songbook posts, I’ve posed rock and roll against rock, and against hard rock in particular. So what about the punk rejection of 70s dinosaur rock? Wasn’t that a return to rock and roll fervor and simplicity? Why have I suggested that punk belongs to Rock more than it does to . . . . Continue Reading »
Since I’m going to be posting on the Ramones and “Wooly Bully” soon enough, here’s a gesture towards my intellectual sophistication—two interesting literary links, one on V.S. Naipaul’s reputation, and another on J.G. Ballard “predicting” the British . . . . Continue Reading »
There has been a lot of justifiable worry expressed about moral decay in the wake of the UK riots. Apparently, the issue has also been on the minds of two among bioethics’ most notorious notable utilitarian practitioners, who are having a collegial disagreement about whether the field . . . . Continue Reading »
HERE . I think I disagree with Pete below in calling Michele the Tiger Woods of demagoguery, because (unlike Peron or Willy Stark) she actually believes what she’s saying. That would mean, of course, that she would be incapable of making an semi-authentic move to the center in the general . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times editorialists sure are dense. Today, they decry the inability of Medicaid recipients to sue governments to prevent cuts in compensation to doctors and hospitals, and hope the Supreme Court will order that such suits be permitted. From “A Scalpal, Not An Ax for . . . . Continue Reading »
There may really be no such thing as a magic bullet, but hospitalists were supposed to be the medical equivalent. Unfortunately, a new study casts significant doubts that the system is working as well as hoped.First, a little background: In hospital treatment used to be directed by a . . . . Continue Reading »
By a 2-1 vote—the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals—with two Democratic to one Republican appointees—has ruled Obamacare’s invidual mandate to be unconstitutional. From the Detroit Free Press story:A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve got four black suits that I circulate, and they are my cemetery clothes — my uniform that keeps me ready for battle . . . It’s ready to die, brother. If I drop dead, I am coffin-ready. I got my tie, my white shirt, everything. Just fix my Afro nice in the coffin. — Cornel . . . . Continue Reading »
R.C. Sproul on the ” unparalled theological symbolism ” in Melville’s greatest novel: [ Moby Dick ‘s] greatness may be seen not in its sometimes cumbersome literary structure or its excursions into technicalia about the nature and function of whales (cetology). No, its . . . . Continue Reading »
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