When Hunter S. Thompson did himself in the thought of getting a reaction from the owner of the Indianapolis Colts did not exactly cross my mind. But apparently Jim Irsay and HST talked over the years. I always get nervous though when Irsay spends any time in Los Angeles.

So this is the day after the Oscars when talk radio and other commentators go into overdrive complaining about how awful the Academy Awards were. It’s the same-o same-o every year. I can’t remember the last time I watched it. Maybe when Johnny Carson hosted it. I don’t know why anyone...

I am hesitant to post about the onging Ward Churchill controversy, as it seems clearer to me each day that both Prof. Churchill and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly are using the story for self-promotion. But there is at least one salient lesson in this situation: If you aspire to become a rabble-rouser,...

Many members of the punidtry have declared an aversion to Wars on Nouns, but I think Kevin Drum has found one we can all get behind.

Liberal professor and author Crispin Sartwell was invited to speak a group of College Democrats. His speech was one all Democrats should read. Here’s a passage: Here’s what I believe about John Kerry. On the Patriot Act, on No Child Left Behind, on war, on gay marriage, on whatever: in every...

Welfare States, Immigration and Schadenfreude Europeans’ continental pastime is lecturing Americans on the sins of our policies and our culture. Too fat, too warlike, too rich, too unequal, too boorish–the stereotypical American is an obese foreigner-hating SUV driver who listens to “Rock...

Maureen Hayden reports on the absolutely fascinating story of Ray and Nancy Hagensieker, who apparently discovered works by Leonardo da Vinci in the bottom of their Evansville, IN basement. Their find is like the “accidental discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls by a young Bedouin sheepherder.”...

Christian Science Monitor alerts us to the resolution on the Iraq war up for debate in fifty Vermont towns on Tuesday during that state’s hallowed (overly hallowed, in Arendt’s On Revolution) Town Meetings. Proponents of the measure say it’s exactly what should be discussed, because...

Will Wilkinson: Assignment: Write an article about how YOUR ideology embodies true blue commitment to just-the-facts empiricism while in fact demonstrating the kind of confirmation bias that makes just-the-facts empiricism all but chimerical in political discourse. Jonathan Chait: A+! As they say, read...

Nick Blesch at Hoosier Review alerts us to HB 1434, a bill that seeks to prevent “negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct, or other breach of standard of care in the practice of interior design” Yes, people may be sleeping on the streets, schools may be deteriorating, and young folks...