Fish politics, insect politics.

You may know I'm a longtime fan of the 1986 movie "The Fly," especially the part where the main character, the scientist-turne...

"I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan’s use of my song ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’..."

"... as recorded by my band Twisted Sister. There is almost nothing on which I agree with Paul Ryan, except perhaps the use of the P90X...

Limbaugh says his prayers are answered: The campaign is now about ideology.

He wants — he says he prays for —  a campaign of "ideology... not just policy analysis, not just Electoral College analysis, but princ...

"50% Now View Paul Ryan Favorably; 43% Say He Was Right Choice."

A new Rasmussen poll. Eighty-three percent (83%) of Republicans view Ryan favorably, and 72% think Romney made a good choice in picking him ...

"The Dark Knight Rises" "is a bold apologia for free-market capitalism..."

"... a graphic depiction of the tyranny and violence inherent in every radical leftist movement from the French Revolution to Occupy Wa...

"France's far-right National Front is to sue Madonna..."

"... after an image at the US singer's Paris concert showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika imposed on her face." N...

"New York City is not about wringing your hands; it’s about doing something."

"I think that’s what the public wants the mayor to do." Elsewhere, "all over the United States," they "are wringing...

"Ann Althouse pushes back, and she has a point. But watch a few episodes of 16 and Pregnant..."

"... and you might think that 'it’s wrong' is a useful heuristic for people incapable of fully understanding what 'it will ...

Sarkozy "has made a cynical attempt to win over the first-round supporters of the National Front’s Marine Le Pen..."

"... (while formally opposing an actual pact with the party), despite the Front’s deep hostility toward immigrant communities and the E...

Is Althouse drifting leftward?

Is Althouse drifting leftward? Yes, and it's terrible. Yes, and it's grand. No, and it's a shame. No, and that's the way I l...

"Our society has let [children] down by not being supportive of mothers, and even fathers, who dedicate their time and often their lives to their children."

Please read the 3-paragraph-long book passage that I've added to the post about whether Rick Santorum is committed to equality for women...

"Not every human problem deserves a law."

"While I appreciate the value of wearing a ski helmet, I am concerned about the continuing and seemingly inexorable transfer of authori...

Re-taking the Political Compass test.

Wizbang calls attention to this test , which has been around a while. I knew I'd taken it before, but I took it again. A re-test. Some ...

"What we know is that he is right-wing and a Christian fundamentalist."

The police describe Anders Behring Breivik, accused in the Norwegian bombing/shooting that killed at least 91 persons. The prime minister, ...

"Rightbloggers on the Death of Osama Bin Laden: Eh, No Big Whoop. Thanks, President Bush!"

Roy Edroso has his funny — and highly biased — summary of the rightbloggers' reactions.

"TrendingRight: an automated news service that monitors social networks for the most popular conservative news."

According to the press release: " Trending Right shows the most linked conservative stories on Twitter for EACH HOUR. So, if you want...

"... Williams can come out of the closet as a full-on wingnut cartoon character."

"No more living a lie as a one-time journalist playing a fake liberal on Fox News." Sayeth Josh Marshall.

"Worried" writes to a Salon advice columnist over her father's increasing right-winginess.

"This is not the man I grew up with. I think he fears a future he cannot control, and longs for a past that never existed. He is respon...

"In Kagan, it seems to me we have reached a new level of utter blankness."

Says Andrew Sullivan: Her entire career has been about never taking a stand on anything of any substance - free coffee for students! - while...

"The Obama admin hoped the Times Square bomber was a R-wing extremist. Rush hoped the oil rig was sabotaged by environmentalists."

The audacity shame of hope...