Hunter Baker
It has been interesting to observe the public debate over Barack Obama’s associations with individuals whose personal histories can only be categorized as radical. Bill Ayers is a former terrorist. Jeremiah Wright preaches race adversarialism. For the most part, Obama’s…
This is beautiful. Wes Anderson has done ads for ATT. Now you can see what it would look like if he did an ad for John McCain.
Check out some of the very sharp ads the folks at neverfindout.org have put together. McCain should consider scrapping his ads in favor of these. Very effective stuff.
This is John McCain at his rakish best. I have been gorged on politics for several years now and don’t find much political content enjoyable or interesting, but this is U.S.D.A. PRIME, DRY, AGED AWESOMENESS. UPDATE: Here’s the second half…
The Princeton philosopher Robert George takes a backseat to no one when it comes to thinking and writing about abortion and the sanctity of life. Professor George has taken the time to carefully parse Obama’s positions on life issues. I…
On October 10, 2008, Christopher Buckley, the son of the great William F. Buckley, author of Thank You for Not Smoking and National Review shareholder/back page columnist, informed the waiting world that he’s pulling the lever for Obama in November. …
Having read Shawn Macomber’s excellent piece on King’s College in the latest print issue of AmSpec, I feel obliged to offer a few comments of my own about Christian higher education and my experience with it. I have spent the…
That’s it, Jim. National Review is dead to me. First, the village atheism of the once interesting Derbyshire and now this. You finished it. Thank God there’s a heaven and WFB is in it. Who would have believed Chris Buckley…
Daniel Larison of The American Conservative takes issue with my taking issue with the conservative Palin critics. He feels pretty strongly she’s an empty suit (empty skirt?). He thought her convention speech was substance-free and her debate performance was mediocre….
We’ve got our Conor Friedersdorfs and Kathleen Parkers shooting at Sarah Palin and Erick Ericksons defending her. The defenders wonder what team the critics are on. The critics appeal to intellectual honesty. I appeal to the concept of edificiation. Do…
