Its lyrics are fairly interesting (in a nutshell, relativistic autonomy gets declared in a “manly” mod key) and music-wise it features the ground-breaking and still tasty-sounding feedback break. But my discussion will focus on the relation between The Who’s trademark . . . . Continue Reading »
He’s dropping the name of popular and Tea Party-friendly New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez for VP. I don’t know anything about her. But surely he doesn’t think he needs a “game changer.” And there’s probably no way someone with that little experience could be . . . . Continue Reading »
My use of the DOL family farm regulations to take a pot-shot at the Porchers below, has led to my learning about the REINS bill , thanks to our astute commenters Brian and CJ Wolfe. Standing for Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny, the REINS act: “ . . . would require Congress . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m in the campus hotel at LSU. There sure are a lot of good graduate students in political theory. They have diverse interests and clearly are being allowed to play to personal strengths they’ve chosen for themselves. In the spirit of the old joke we play both kinds of music here, . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter is right. Most songs by the Stones have double meanings about drugs. “Brown Sugar” not only references sugar and molasses, but also obviously refers to African women sold on the market as slaves—disgustingly sold as things, But the song even more refers to a brown version of . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . at least for the foreseeable future, and at least in most national races. Obama’s Department of Labor is in the process of banning farm children (including teens) from working on their families’ farms . They are set to implement a pages upon pages of family-farm regulations, . . . . Continue Reading »
In addition, Romney needs a partner on the campaign trail — arguably a lot more than most nominees-in-waiting in recent decades. No, not his wife Ann, but a strong, qualified vice-presidential pick to energize him and broaden his appeal. Romney should consider flouting conventional wisdom and . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems to me that the MSM is exaggerating the scope—if probably not the significance—of Romney’s victory in Illinois. The late deciders broke even, and the Romney saturation of the media market in Chicago wasn’t opposed at all by Santorum. It’s like Rick went into . . . . Continue Reading »
1. It looks like Romney’s win is going to be double-digit but not overwhelming. Illinois, after all, is a very suburban and not all that evangelical a state. Very low turnout. Santorum did a bit worse in every demographic category than he did in Ohio. Most notably, Romney had a significantly . . . . Continue Reading »
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