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*Happy Birthday, Maestro! - In the Agora Feb 8, 2010, 9:41 pm
Today is John Williams’ 78th birthday! Rather than the traditional ‘Happy Birthday’ song, I suggest we all ... more
*Much Ado About Tebow - In the Agora Feb 8, 2010, 10:57 am
Now that the Super Bowl is over (sorry Colts fans), can we talk about the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad? Listening to the critics t ... more
Green Police - In the Agora Feb 8, 2010, 11:37 am
While we’re talking Super Bowl ads, what’s one to make of this:
Before the Audi appears, you’d think this ... more
Taxpayer-funded super bowl ad - In the Agora Feb 8, 2010, 4:48 pm
While we’re talking about super bowl ads, did anyone else notice the ad for the 2010 US Census? The $3 million* for th ... more
Used Coats - In the Agora Feb 5, 2010, 8:47 am
Politico and 538.com are reporting that former Senator Dan Coats is planning a comeback against Senator Evan Bayh this year. ... more
The union paradigm explained - In the Agora Feb 4, 2010, 12:20 pm
In a post about teachers’ unions’ opposition to merit pay, Megan McArdle made some very incisive comments on why ... more
The Intellectual Divisions of the Right - In the Agora Feb 4, 2010, 4:02 pm
Responding to another author, Jonah Goldberg celebrates divisions on the Right:
My own view is that the Right is intellectual ... more
In Case You Missed The State of Our Union - In the Agora Jan 28, 2010, 1:36 pm
And I did, but according to the transcript, we’re on a roll.
The state of our Union is . . .
2010: Strong
2008: Strong ... more
*Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion? - In the Agora Jan 27, 2010, 4:36 pm
Pro-choice groups are expressing outrage over a commercial set to air during the Super Bowl, which stars Florida quarterback ... more
From Time to Time - In the Agora Jan 27, 2010, 4:44 pm
The State of the Union is a wonderful occasion to drag out one of my favorite quotations from The West Wing.
When one staffer ... more
State of the Union Show - In the Agora Jan 27, 2010, 9:50 am
As you know, I’m not a fan. Tonight, I’ll be watching the Metropolitan Opera’s rebroadcast of Der Rosenkav ... more
*More of the same from Mr. Change - In the Agora Jan 25, 2010, 3:27 pm
Depsite the fact that Obama harshly criticized the Bush administration for “sweetheart deals” and no-bid contract ... more
*Health Care Reform, Reconsidered - In the Agora Jan 20, 2010, 6:13 pm
In the wake of Scott Brown’s stunning upset victory in the race for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat, the prevailing ... more
*Ugh - In the Agora Jan 15, 2010, 9:10 am
In a nutshell, this is why I can’t vote for Sarah Palin.
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*Not a New Years Resolution, a New Years Story - In the Agora Jan 14, 2010, 12:06 am
Donald Miller is one of my favorite authors (and bloggers). His latest, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned ... more
The D.C. Way - In the Agora Dec 21, 2009, 12:11 pm
Two news stories have dominated local Washington, D.C. news market the past couple days. First of course is Blizzard ‘ ... more
Reflections on Avatar - In the Agora Dec 21, 2009, 4:02 pm
I saw James Cameron’s Avatar over the weekend.* In spite of several things to dislike about the movie, I can’t gi ... more
The Selfish Source of the Deadweight Loss of Christmas - In the Agora Dec 30, 2009, 11:28 am
It’s still Christmas, so I feel privileged to return to a favorite theme here at ITA: the deadweight loss of gift-givi ... more
Public Service Announcement - In the Agora Jan 2, 2010, 12:27 am
The year is pronounced “twenty ten” and not “two thousand ten.”
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Some Thoughts on the Underpants Bomber - In the Agora Jan 7, 2010, 5:07 pm
First, in failing to catch the bomber before he executed his plot, the government failed, but it did not fail extraordinarily ... more
Readers' Advisory - In the Agora Jan 8, 2010, 8:02 pm
The recent time off for Christmas and the New Year afforded me lots of time to relax, by which, of course, I mean read. Here ... more
*01-11-10 - In the Agora Jan 11, 2010, 4:16 pm
Happy Palindrome Day!
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*Quote of the Day (Before) - In the Agora Jan 5, 2010, 6:59 pm
Michael Spencer, from a remarkable essay published in November 2009, before his own cancer diagnosis. He captured perfectly t ... more
*This Day in History: ‘Let us away, knights; this fellow will arise no more' - In the Agora Dec 29, 2009, 1:22 pm
Thomas à Becket was a proverbial giant of his time. Through a series of promotions throughout his life Becket rose to promin ... more
*Prayers in the New Year - In the Agora Dec 28, 2009, 9:50 pm
Michael Spencer, also known as the Internet Monk, has been a regular blog read of mine for years and we’ve cited him nu ... more
*Obama Speak - In the Agora Dec 21, 2009, 11:38 am
Let us be clear about one thing – Obama offers plenty of rhetorical tricks which are designed to deceive.
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*A Depressing Bill of Rights Day - In the Agora Dec 15, 2009, 1:27 pm
In honor of Bill of Rights Day, the Cato Insitute has broken down the current state of each of the first 10 amendments. The ... more
*War and Peace - In the Agora Dec 10, 2009, 11:23 pm
For all of the dramatic and unpopular initiatives that President Obama is pushing in Washington, it would be easy to overlook ... more
*He can't be serious, can he? - In the Agora Nov 7, 2008, 1:50 pm
From Obama's Presidential transition website (emphasis added): Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by d ... more
*This just in - In the Agora Nov 5, 2008, 12:01 am
Bob Barr has conceded his race for president to Barack Obama.... ... more
*Welcome to the next four years - In the Agora Nov 4, 2008, 11:00 pm
First, I'd like to offer my congratulations to President-elect Obama. You have achieved a remarkable feat, becoming the first ... more
The credit crisis in a nutshell - In the Agora Sep 29, 2008, 6:30 pm
A friend of mine passed along this fairly comprehensive explanation of the current problems on Wall Street, which is easy to ... more
*Meet Sarah Palin - In the Agora Aug 29, 2008, 1:20 pm
In a move that will undoubtedly "shake things up", John McCain is expected to announce that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will ... more
*Cheers and Jeers: The Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency - In the Agora Aug 17, 2008, 1:58 pm
I caught bits of Rick Warren's pastor's forum with both John McCain and Barack Obama last night during Olympic commercial bre ... more
*The McCain-Dobson Boomerang Effect - In the Agora Jul 23, 2008, 1:51 pm
Today I belatedly came across the news that Dr. James Dobson might change his mind and endorse John McCain (thanks to David H ... more
*McCain Veep Close? - In the Agora Jul 21, 2008, 10:31 pm
Bob Novak (grain of salt alert) is reporting that John McCain may announce his running mate this week in an effort to undercu ... more
*State by State - In the Agora Jul 13, 2008, 9:55 pm
Once again, the media have reached the limits of their usefulness in reporting on the election. It is now time to stop paying ... more
Truthiness - In the Agora Oct 26, 2007, 12:33 pm
For those who are un-hip to the fads of my generation, Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert recently announced that he will ru ... more
Modern Media Warfare - In the Agora Jul 2, 2008, 5:05 pm
What do you do if fellow journalists are writing damaging things about you? If you're Fox News, you doctor the photos of said journalists and fail to tell the audience.... ... more
John Clouse Dies - In the Agora Jun 29, 2008, 1:08 pm
Evansville, Indiana attorney John Clouse died on Thursday at the age of 82. His biography contains plenty of things for eulog ... more
*A Victory for Gun Owners - In the Agora Jun 26, 2008, 12:00 pm
Today the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, struck down Washington, D.C.'s draconian gun ban. Passed in 1976, the law prohibi ... more
Today in History - In the Agora Jun 26, 2008, 12:39 am
On this date, June 25, in 1530, the Lutheran reformers presented the Augsburg Confession to Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg ... more
The Endowment Effect - In the Agora Jun 25, 2008, 11:09 am
The most recent edition of The Economist carries an interesting article on the so-called "endowment effect". The basis of the ... more
What Has Changed? - In the Agora Jun 24, 2008, 9:40 am
Camille Paglia two weeks ago: [C]onservative talk radio, which I have been following with interest for almost 20 years, has b ... more
How nuclear bomb testing enabled obesity research - In the Agora Jun 18, 2008, 2:15 pm
This is the kind of thing that makes me love science. Derek Lowe has a blog entry about a letter in Nature whose authors figured out a way to determine the number and age of all the fat cells in... ... more
*Their Money - In the Agora Jun 13, 2008, 12:54 pm
MSN Money's Tim Middleton takes a look at the personal finances of John McCain and Barack Obama, in order to get a better fee ... more
*Veepstakes - In the Agora Jun 5, 2008, 11:06 am
Consider this an open thread on the veepstakes for either of the candidates. Should John McCain take Mitt Romney, as a lot of ... more
*Marketing McCain - In the Agora May 28, 2008, 10:52 am
About a week ago John McCain appeared on the daytime talk show of Ellen Degeneres. Ellen brought up "the elephant in the room ... more
*Bob Barr - In the Agora May 27, 2008, 10:34 pm
At their convention over the weekend, the Libertarian Party nominated former Republican congressman Bob Barr to be its standa ... more
*Ahead of the Curve - In the Agora May 19, 2008, 5:22 pm
Professor Todd Zywicki, writing at his usual digs at The Volokh Conspiracy, raises the same point which I raised late last we ... more
