Now…even I have a limit when it comes to enthusiasm for the Home Town Team… Sheesh.

Crunchy Con Recipes: Bourbon Lentils.1 Can Organic Lentils1/2 cup of chopped onions1/2 cup of chopped mushroomsSolid shot of Maker’s Mark or your preferred Bourbon. Saute the onions and mushrooms in a medium/large pan for about 5 minutes (till they start to get crisp around the edges) on medium-high. Add the can of lentils, keeping some… Continue reading

And now, the Economist’s post-mortem: Republicanism’s anti-intellectual turn is devastating for its future. The party’s electoral success from 1980 onwards was driven by its ability to link brains with brawn. The conservative intelligentsia not only helped to craft a message that resonated with working-class Democrats, a message that emphasised entrepreneurialism, law and order, and American… Continue reading

Question for zealous proponents of ESCR. Why are you still talking about it like it’s the only answer? This sounds much more promising than we were hearing even just a few years ago. At long last, the glint in a researcher’s eye has been turned into a significant advance in the clinic. Forget all the… Continue reading

Jay Fitzgerald points to this excellent summation of what went wrong with conservatism. Back in the ’70s, conservative intellectuals loved to talk about “radical chic,” the well-known tendency of educated, often wealthy liberals to project their political fantasies onto brutal revolutionaries and street thugs, and romanticize their “struggles.” But “populist chic” is just the inversion… Continue reading