"You don't want the sport turning into a circus where, you know, doubles walk in with barely any training under their belt and they...
"... Lee Sigelman’s classic work, 'Toward a Stupidity-Ugliness Theory of Democratic Electoral Debacles.'"
"Bill Clinton’s prepared remarks: 3,136 words. Bill Clinton’s remarks as delivered: 5,895 words (counting audience cheers)." ADDED...
Here 's the whole page frozen in time right now, but let me close in on these 4 photos: "You will feel it" is — of course — a ...
We've got a new Capitol Police Chief, and a new approach to keeping order in the building that was the site of tumultuous, chaotic, cro...
"... and sadly, that often has very little to do with becoming educated.... Instead, it’s almost solely about figuring out what will be...
That's a line that jumped out at me when I was live-blogging Bill Clinton's speech last night, and in the comments here, Yashu prob...
Says Instapundit , spotlighting Drudge 's spotlight on the Democrats who "booed putting God back." Now, the Democrats weren...
"Designer Christian Louboutin can claim trademark protection for the red outsole on his women's shoes, but not if the rest of the s...
"If you thought rumors of Anna Wintour's ambassadorial ambitions had been laid to rest, think again. Robin Givhan would like to tak...
"[I]t’s time for the President to rein in those of his supporters and allies who are trivializing Nazism while also shamelessly trampli...
A Wisconsin protester explains himself. (Scroll up to the top of the discussion for more detail, including participation by Meade.)
5:34 Central Time: I jump in, watching C-SPAN, just in time to see the ever-bold, ever-confident Chuck Schumer stride onto the stage. He say...
Yikes. I’ve had my deltoids massaged in candlelight by a licensed therapist; had a foaming pore cleanser and mask applied to my face by an a...
That's the subject line. Inside, she continues this way: Ann -- I know your life is full -- with work, or school, or family -- and yet y...
Notes TaxProf.
Breaking news email from CNN: President Obama's speech formally accepting the Democratic presidential nomination will be moved indoors d...
With all this talk of rugged individualism and emphasis on women at the conventions, I offer my coinage: rouged individualism . My Google se...
As in her speech last night, there's a misplaced emotionality that's too much about her family's personal need for gratification...
That's the headline for an Onion article , linked by Christopher in the comments to my live-blogging the first day of the DNC convention...
... la la la la la.
4:58 CT: Just setting up a post, to be added to over the course of the evening. Please join the conversation. 6:53 (I'm beginning with r...
"... just as I cannot claim infallibility in my support of abortion rights. I must admit that I may have been infected with society’s p...
That old quote sprang to mind just now, as I was thinking about whether Barack Obama will be able to reinvigorate the electorate with his ol...
Emails leak in the legal controversy involving Lloyd's of London, which insured the big 5--concert series that Jackson was supposed to ...
"... as a contingent of skeptical American Indian delegates — including the great-grandson of Geronimo — are inviting Warren to a meeti...
Because the poll was conducted before and after his unusual performance at the convention, you get some insight: While Republican officials ...
Reading this article about Johnny Depp moving out of France because it raised taxes. Because of a tax hike, he took a hike, a tax hike .
That's the Drudge tease, linking here . Of course, my reason for linking is that I love using my favorite tag: insect politics .
"They were given a prime location on the convention floor, right up front and to the right of the stage. The delegates from Wisconsin a...
I hesitate to reveal an approach to victimizing women in Madison.... A Saudi Arabian man who police say has returned to his country was cha...
"I'm not sure I'm going to state this exactly right," said the woman we once relied on to speak for America in the most d...
"In Michigan, unions try to enshrine union power in the constitution." ADDED: Excerpt: The proposed amendment text would make the ...
... you'd better get to work.
Said the rape victim, arrested near the head she severed from her attacker.
"Do something to make more money yourself — spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising, and more time working." So says t...
"But every now and then they sound like they're crying. They sound so sad. It is usually one lone squirrel that will sit and cry. I...
"... a show of solidarity with Clint Eastwood after his infamous address to an invisible President Barack Obama at the Republican Natio...
"And he likes to talk about sports. But other than that he just doesn’t like very many people. Unfortunately, it extends to people who ...
Other Rasmussen polling shows a record high percentage of Americans identify themselves as Republicans — record high, meaning since 2002. T...
2 incidents: 1. Mia Love, an African-American Republican woman, gave a speech and received loud cheers and a standing ovation from almost ev...
Says Rasmussen, in its announcement of the daily presidential tracking poll. The basic numbers are the same as yesterday: Romney 48%, Obama...
"... but to give people a space to come together and be heard." "No matter what your issue is, we want to let them know we st...
Odd intro, by Cat Stevens (in 1976), to "Peace Train." Yesterday, we were talking about Sun Myung Moon's idea for peace: marr...
... which led to a charge of disorderly conduct, to which he pled "no contest." Though both Sly and Hulsey are Madison lefties — c...
I think. Do you agree? Yes. No. I can't answer until I hear people bat the concept around in the comments. pollcode.com free polls
"... with the slightly tilted head and wan grin, is as grating today as ever - four years of that is going to be excruciating - as are...
I was tough, but #13 got to me. And the parrot, now that I think of it.
"People should marry across national and cultural boundaries with people from countries they consider to be their enemies so that the w...
Illustrated with a cute animation of blue donkeys. And here 's a corresponding animation with red elephants.
#1 is: Bill Clinton. I'd say Obama should not trust Bill Clinton. Hillary has too much to gain from an Obama loss. The other 4 are: 2. ...
Orange bowling, a means of communication.
Even hotter. Here 's my favorite one: So, this is gonna sound wacky, but we swear it works. When you're in the bathroom getting rea...
Deer mice — carrying hantavirus — nest between the double walls. 2 have already died, and 10,000 are at risk.
"Mr Obama’s first-term record suggests that, if re-elected, he could be the lamest of ducks. That’s why he needs a good answer to the b...
That's one way to put it. UPDATE: "Seal would like to clarify that he was not implying his wife was cheating while they were togeth...
"... thought, 'I’ll be in the top ten percent of my class, no problem.'"
Founded by Nick Teich, identified by the Boston Globe as "a social worker who is pursuing a doctorate in social policy from Brandeis....
Rasmussen's daily tracking poll , showing the post-convention bounce. It's a 3-day poll, so it's only 2/3 post-convention. It wi...
A fascinating long article by Jo Becker: “She is the single most influential person in the Obama White House,” said one former senior White ...
"A smile having an orgasm." Dude1: Oh dude look at that smile it's totally orgasming Dude2: That's called a laugh...
"A dramatic interpretation of Sir Mix-A-Lot's 'Baby Got Back' as if it were performed by actor Sir Ian McKellen." Via ...
That's the sort of thing lawprof Tung Yin is seeing on Facebook. He's assuming it's a lie, because how can you misremember some...
A propos of the Clint Eastwood empty-chair performance, Palladian reminds us of that horrible Neil Diamond song. Click for the full lyrics,...
An old song, with new currency after the GOP convention . Here are the lyrics to "A House Is Not a Home," if you'd like to w...
"... we'd like to give you your choice of one of our bumper stickers," says email, just now, from the Obama campaign (not that...
Ever notice the name of the screenwriter ?
Instapundit writes: WALTER RUSSELL MEAD GETS RID OF COMMENTS ON HIS BLOG : “To make the comments section work in its present form we would h...
