"What are you, some redneck blogger pig?"

Claire just said that on "Six Feet Under" -- to her new boyfriend, who defended the war in Iraq. UPDATE: Come into the comments to...

Visions from the Land of Mu.

Visit the home of Eddie Owens Martin : Entering the seven-acre property, off a wooded, rural road, is surreal — it's as if you've wa...

Structuring the facts -- isn't that the lawyerly approach?

Here 's an article by law school memoirist Alex Wellen about gaming the U.S. News & World Report ranking system: As part of its met...

"The asexual, unmaternal, left-leaning eyes of a poorly groomed woman."

Don't miss the hilarious Joe Queenan review of Edward Klein's book "The Truth About Hillary." I'll just list my favor...

"Conservative Rigor"?

The NYT has a front-page piece today on the new Supreme Court nominee with a headline that really struck me: "Supreme Court Nominee St...

Pajamas Media vs. BlogAds -- the blogger's perspective.

Let's assume you're a reasonably successful blogger who would like to make money from the writing you put into your blog. You curren...

"Nothing we're doing is evil."

How do you like that as a statement intended as reassuring? Does it hit you in an "I'm not a crook" way?

The children's book that reached you.

RLC is asking his readers what their favorite book was when they were a kid. Richard describes loving the Rick Brant Science Adventure ser...

A man and his brain tumor.

With impressive good humor, he makes a Flickr photoset . (Via Popdex .)

"The problem with ears is obviously that you have hair ... but with imaging technology we should be able to solve that."

You can try to hide your ears, but they'll still be watching them .

Life in old comment threads.

I get email whenever anyone posts a comment here, so I'm aware when there's action in an old comment thread. There's little chan...

Great milestones of stagecraft.

From a review of "Saint Frances of Hollywood," a play about the actress Frances Farmer: The spare production consists only of a w...

How do you like those pajamas?

Did you get your offer from Pajamas Media yet? Are you going to put on the pajamas -- take a flat fee to commit the top four spots on your s...

Roberts and (just the right amount of) religion.

Peter Steinfels has a piece about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and religion: Consider what are already becoming routine descriptions ...

"Explornography."

John Tierney uses that word -- which I can't remember having seen before -- in his NYT op-ed today . Is that just a Tierney word, a coin...

Unintentional theme day.

I see it was an unintended theme day here on the Althouse blog. All about people looking foolish by wearing bad clothes, too little clothes,...

"Why dress in 'ho gear' and risk being treated like a hooker?"

Oh, come on. You're not going to blog every single essay Robin Givhan writes , are you? Well, I don't know, maybe I should. You know...

Against anti-lookism.

Here 's a piece -- via Memeorandum -- saying we shouldn't make witty observations about the way public figures look. It's too m...

"We find a naked body every bit as beautiful as a clothed one. If they came only out of lust, we have to accept that. We stand for the truth."

A "prestigious" museum in Vienna gets the attention of the Washington Post with a nudity gimmick: They're letting you in fre...

Yesterday's tablescapes.

Afternoon: Evening:

Thanks to everyone for reading!

Remember that post about a week ago titled "Goal I'm almost ashamed to admit" that said "I started to write a post with...

Electronic junk.

It's a lovely day here in Madison, and I'd like to go out and take a walk and stop into a café for a little while to work on a writi...

"The most awesome B-list cast ever."

Such is the claim -- and it's got to be untrue -- that Entertainment Weekly makes for the case of the new " Poseidon Adventure ...

"Fairy-tale rubbish but could be interesting perhaps."

That's what Alec Guinness thought of the "Star Wars" script -- quoted in this NYT review of a new biography of the actor. Ano...

Searching for suicide bombers.

Here 's a NYT op-ed that makes a compelling argument for a very specific kind of profiling: [C]ommuters need to be most aware of young m...

"The much beloved secular legend of the Monkey Trial."

Orin Kerr has a nice description , based on this book , of what really happened at the Scopes trial -- and the activities leading up to the ...

How many other things like this are a complete waste of money?

You can stop eating that purple coneflower now, echinacea dupes .

"Unpolished and quirky, with plenty of dead air and 'ums.'"

What are we looking for in a podcast? The NYT writes : But the real fun is finding the homemade ones, the amateur attempts made in somebody...

"I've looked at the facts and come to my own conclusions."

Sounds like a good attitude for someone going into law, doesn't it? Actually, it's Seamus Farrow -- link via JD2B -- the 16-year o...

Narm!

I see someone Googled here searching for " narm ." People just can't get "narm" out of their heads : NARM! Is alread...

Should -- can? -- the Senators make Judge Roberts critique old cases?

Lawprof Vik Amar thinks so. Wasn't the failure to do precisely that the reason Senator Schumer voted against Roberts' appointment t...

You'd better learn how to answer this question right.

For, lo, the pitfalls are many. The question is: “Do I look fat?”

"Listening" and "wanting to learn more" is not enough, not even close.

Anne Applebaum does not think Karen Hughes is at all up to the job that was just handed to her: Her formal title is undersecretary of state...

The euphemisms and abuses of old age.

The Boston Globe has a story headlined "Rehnquist surrendering his golden years to court": Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist lef...

"Tattoos remind you of death."

CNN reports: Tattoos of mermaids and roses, cherubs bearing crimson hearts, Lenin's head and the trademarked pattern of French luxury br...

"Boy that's like the worst thing in my mind. It's unbelievable that people would do something like that."

"They can't defend themselves, and it's like hurting a child ."

"The most beautiful highway in America."

What is it? Is it this ?

"Romney, like all Mormon politicians, usually tries to walk a thin line."

Gordon Smith analyzes Mitt Romney's presidential aspirations.

Diving for the light.

Another on-stage rock death . Goodbye to Patrick Sherry. May the arms of Johnny Ace , Tiny Tim, and Dimebag Darrell reach out to pull you i...

"The artist disconsolately conceded yesterday...."

Speaking of water-based art in the UK, remember that guy with the running tap? He's turned it off : A water company has given notice to...

Who drank that £42,500 bottle of water?

That bottle of melted ice from the Antarctic was on a damned plinth so it was pretty obvious it was art! UPDATE (Backdate?): One of the co...

Did Jon Stewart do a lame interview with Rick Santorum?

Here 's a New Republic piece about "The Daily Show," especially the interview Jon Stewart did with Rick Santorum last night (w...

What subjects are you interested in that I don't blog about?

And are there things that I don't blog about that you'd like to read about here? Basically, I'm seeking reader feedback to help...

Monkey in the Middle.

What's in the monkey's mind when he looks in a mirror? Higher minds -- human beings, great apes, dolphins -- figure out, when they ...

Getting worked up about Roberts, religion, and recusal.

Yesterday, there was a widely noted article about a statement made by Judge Roberts that some people interpreted to mean he'd said his ...

"Does that mean we can take credit for ruining the Kerry-Edwards ticket, too?"

Wonkette weighs in on Plaidgate.

"N.Y.U. has an extraordinary and unique role in American legal education."

Jeffrey Toobin quotes NYU lawprof Sylvia Law saying: “N.Y.U. has an extraordinary and unique role in American legal education,” Law said re...

An end to "The War on Terror."

The term, that is. The Bush administration is retooling its slogan for the fight against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, pushing the id...

The most beautiful skyscaper ever?

I say it is. The brilliant Santiago Calatrava has proposed a swirled point for Chicago -- to be the tallest building in America: the Fordha...

Roberts and the Solomon Amendment case.

Jeffrey Toobin has a big piece in the new New Yorker about the Solomon Amendment case, FAIR v. Rumsfeld. He speculates about how John Rober...

Did Judge Roberts just commit to recusing himself in abortion cases?

No, and here's why. Lawprof Jonathan Turley notes that Roberts was caught off-guard by a question from Senator Durbin about what he wou...

Want to listen to Roberts' oral arguments before the Supreme Court?

Here they are!

"He later bought an electric saw, a bow saw and dust sheets, chopped the body into nine pieces and hid them in the fridge freezer in the kitchen."

And exactly why was he sentenced to five years ? "Two years for the manslaughter and three years for preventing the burial." Serio...

What becomes of a person who listens to "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" while waiting on hold too long?

I have visions of many things ... I can't stand this pain much longer ... Cold and alone/No comfort in sight/Hoping and praying for some...

"UnSouterble."

Amba coins a word.

Let's try shaming first.

John Fund has a Wall Street Journal editorial arguing for term limits for Supreme Court Justices: A seat on the high court is now so powerf...

Petite scandalette or nothing at all?

Are we so starved for a scandal that we're biting at anything? Or does Judge Roberts' professed inability to remember that he was ...