The American Scene

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July 2008
24: iPhones vs Krugerrands {0} by Noah Millman
24: The Clock Is Ticking {0} by Noah Millman
24: Black Kids and White Kids {6} by Reihan Salam
24: One Lesson from MoveOn {0} by Jim Manzi
23: Chris Hayes' Secret Source on Flying {1} by Reihan Salam
23: Chris Hayes on MoveOn {3} by Reihan Salam
23: Watchmen: Full of Fight Things! {9} by Peter Suderman
23: The Dark Knight Was Better Than Expected {3} by Reihan Salam
23: Lesbos: Not Just from Lesbos {1} by James Poulos
22: Today's TAS is Sponsored by the Number 4 {4} by Peter Suderman
22: Rrringspot! {22} by Noah Millman
22: Everything About You Is Bad {3} by Peter Suderman
22: A Warm Gun {7} by Noah Millman
22: Jason Statham's Giant Rubber Head {2} by Peter Suderman
21: The Lunatic Establishment? {4} by Peter Suderman
19: Christian Libertarians, Cultural Conservatives, and the Dilemma of Political Power {8} by James Poulos
19: Bad Bets {3} by Peter Suderman
19: Carr's impatience — and mine? {13} by Alan Jacobs
18: Rovian Cameron? {2} by Reihan Salam
18: An Oscar for Ledger? Maybe not so batty after all. {3} by Peter Suderman
18: children and happiness {26} by Alan Jacobs
18: Living in the future {1} by Matt Feeney
17: George Osborne Gets It {4} by Reihan Salam
17: Sullivan and Wilkinson on Analytical Nationalism {3} by Reihan Salam
17: Less Is More in Monster Movies {0} by Peter Suderman
16: a wise decision {5} by Alan Jacobs
16: If I'm Ever Interviewed, This Is What I Hope to Say {4} by Reihan Salam
16: threatening conditions {9} by Alan Jacobs
16: Oil: Are We In A Bubble? {10} by Jim Manzi
15: Maximizing GNP {1} by Matt Feeney
15: Hellboy II is the worst movie of the summer {10} by Reihan Salam
15: The Luxurious Growth {13} by Jim Manzi
15: Freeman Dyson's Got My Back {13} by Jim Manzi
14: A Brilliant Bhagwati Insight About Rich and Poor {2} by Reihan Salam
14: Fuel Cell Batteries for the iPhone {2} by Reihan Salam
14: atheisms {35} by Alan Jacobs
14: Andrew Sullivan on GNP {5} by Reihan Salam
14: Life and Death in the News Obits {0} by Matt Frost
14: Andrew Sullivan and the State {2} by Reihan Salam
14: Vote of No Confidence {1} by Noah Millman
14: Little Pitchers {7} by Noah Millman
14: The Education of a Would-Be Obamacon {7} by Noah Millman
14: the anguish of the Christian libertarian {13} by Alan Jacobs
14: The Party of Culture Club {7} by James Poulos
13: Reflections on Grand New Party {2} by David Robinson
13: iCracked {13} by Peter Suderman
13: What Is This Krapp? {4} by Noah Millman
12: Not What You Know {16} by Peter Suderman
12: The Case of the Twelve Million Dollar Shark {5} by James Poulos
12: the killer of puppies {12} by Alan Jacobs
12: Dept. of You Can't Make This Up {0} by Peter Suderman
11: Chance and Necessity {18} by Jim Manzi
11: The Social Topography of David Brooks' Work-Culture War: a Warning to Ross and Reihan {12} by James Poulos
11: Fans, Waiting {0} by Matt Frost
11: Two Ages of Abundance {0} by Tim Lee
11: iPhoned {4} by Peter Suderman
11: Scenes from the iPhone line {2} by Peter Suderman
10: Mission First, Troops Always {6} by Reihan Salam
10: Reihan's Song About A Drunken Piano {1} by Reihan Salam
09: Shake, Rattle, and Roll {7} by Peter Suderman
09: Nonarbitrary Catchphrase Alert {1} by James Poulos
09: He Prowls No Longer {0} by James Poulos
09: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (sic) {2} by Reihan Salam
09: On McCain's Contradictions {6} by Reihan Salam
09: I Want Some of Your Brown Sugar {1} by Reihan Salam
09: Hate If You Must Helms' Old Gray Head, But Spare Your Country's Flag, She Said {13} by James Poulos
09: An Exercise in Pessimism {0} by James Poulos
09: Don't Boot the Russkies {5} by James Poulos
08: A Note on Street Smarts {4} by Reihan Salam
08: Very Brief Thoughts on Hollywood's Next Wave {2} by Reihan Salam
08: I Got Pawlenty O' Nuttin' {3} by Reihan Salam
08: Cameron in Context {2} by Reihan Salam
08: nightmares do come true {1} by Alan Jacobs
08: Strange New Discoveries {4} by Reihan Salam
08: Chaos Took Over {0} by Peter Suderman
08: Johnson vs. Bauerlein, third and final round {5} by Alan Jacobs
08: The Wisdom of Craps {8} by Jim Manzi
08: Thunderclass? {13} by James Poulos
07: Beverly Hills Chihuahua vs. Space Chimps {3} by Peter Suderman
07: Ice Cream . . . Ice Cream . . . Ice Cream . . . ICE CREAM! {0} by Noah Millman
07: Crime in D.C. {6} by Peter Suderman
07: Q3 Not Looking Good For Millman {4} by Noah Millman
07: Milt and me {0} by Alan Jacobs
07: Why Steve Sailer Should Vote For Barack Obama for President {20} by Noah Millman
07: This Chihuahua's For You {4} by Reihan Salam
07: Why Does EVE Pack Heat? {29} by Noah Millman
07: Life After Daedalus {0} by James Poulos
07: Nice Try {2} by Jim Manzi
06: Is The Wackness Wack? {2} by Reihan Salam
06: Scenes from the East Bay {0} by Matt Feeney
06: I've Now Seen Wall·E Twice {3} by Reihan Salam
06: Larison on Obama {5} by Reihan Salam
06: Michael Massing in Iraq {1} by Reihan Salam
06: What Do Hollywood Execs Know? {9} by Peter Suderman
06: Three Victims {0} by James Poulos
05: Shut Up and Eat Your Spinach {16} by Jim Manzi
05: Metacriticism {1} by Peter Suderman
05: Ophelia, I'm Only Dancing: Lies, Damned Lies, and Metafiction {6} by James Poulos
04: Meta-morphosis {6} by Noah Millman
04: Jesse Helms and the Future of Gersonism {2} by James Poulos
04: Jesse Helms {3} by Alan Jacobs
04: The Meta-ness of "Bolt" {11} by David Robinson
03: Everything the Taliban Hates {0} by Reihan Salam
03: Hancock, weird but not meta {0} by Matt Feeney
03: Broder's Unwise America {2} by James Poulos
03: Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta BOOM {3} by James Poulos
03: Top Choice Clique {6} by Reihan Salam
02: Fetchez Lavache {9} by Noah Millman
02: i know what you're thinking {50} by Alan Jacobs
02: Racism Everywhere! {19} by Reihan Salam
02: Beyond Stereotypes {5} by Peter Suderman
02: Bookstores {4} by Reihan Salam
02: The Perils of Friending Strangers {5} by Reihan Salam
02: Some Douthat guy wrote something {0} by Matt Feeney
02: Robotically Yours {2} by Peter Suderman
01: The Perfect Food {4} by Reihan Salam
01: Q2 Re-mark {2} by Noah Millman
01: It Really Will Blow Your Mind {1} by Peter Suderman
01: Gay Rights and the Obama Legacy {23} by Reihan Salam
01: The Dignity That Comes from Work {1} by Reihan Salam
01: Thirst-quenchingheads.tv {4} by Reihan Salam
01: The Biography is the Message {1} by Peter Suderman
01: Dionysiac Zero {1} by James Poulos
01: TAS Wall·E Symposium Entry IV: Exit Art for a Film {6} by James Poulos
June 2008
30: Wall-E Preview, cirica 1909 {15} by David Robinson
30: Wall·E {1} by Peter Suderman
30: Ezra Klein on Grand New Party {1} by Reihan Salam
30: Ramesh Ponnuru on Grand New Party {0} by Reihan Salam
30: Libertarians {4} by Peter Suderman
30: Doing Any Hiring? {0} by Reihan Salam
30: A Really Special Girl {2} by Peter Suderman
30: Cleverness Alert {2} by Peter Suderman
30: Is There No Economy? {0} by Reihan Salam
30: Jonah on Clinging Voters {3} by Reihan Salam
30: Rush Limbaugh and Corvée Economics {4} by Reihan Salam
30: A Tricameral Legislature? {21} by Jim Manzi
29: My Delayed Heller Reaction {9} by James Poulos
29: the life of trees {4} by Alan Jacobs
27: Wendell and WALL-E {4} by Matt Frost
27: A Really Strange Grand New Party Moment {9} by Reihan Salam
27: The Age of Abundance {7} by Tim Lee
27: How Timur Bekmambetov Makes Coffee {5} by Peter Suderman
27: A Truly Novel Novel That Made Publishers Grovel! {0} by Reihan Salam
26: Putting the Kennedy in Kennedy v. Louisiana {4} by Noah Millman
26: Creative Capitalism {0} by Reihan Salam
26: Re: We All Deserve to Die {23} by Jim Manzi
26: the ball is round {4} by Alan Jacobs
26: Club for Growth {2} by Noah Millman
26: Klein on the Surge {6} by Reihan Salam
25: We All Deserve To Die {34} by Noah Millman
25: Putin New Party? {2} by Reihan Salam
25: Still Illegal {4} by Noah Millman
25: A Surge of Told-You-Sos {4} by Noah Millman
25: The Apocalyptic Style and Non-Profit Revenue Models {5} by Reihan Salam
25: The Return of Manufacturing? {1} by Reihan Salam
25: A Trophy Wife Speaks {1} by Reihan Salam
24: Urban Schools {7} by Jim Manzi
24: Grand New Texican Hoedown {0} by Reihan Salam
24: Teen Sex {7} by Peter Suderman
24: Ross and Reihan on the Radio {1} by Reihan Salam
24: Random Literary Bleg Of the Day {9} by Noah Millman
24: Grand New Party Will Change Your Life {5} by Reihan Salam
23: If You're Awake at 10 AM EST {4} by Reihan Salam
23: Grand New Party Is Loose! {5} by Reihan Salam
23: Suvy's Story {5} by Peter Suderman
23: Hua Hercules {0} by Reihan Salam
23: these days {0} by Alan Jacobs
23: Neohippies or Neo-Orthodox? {6} by Reihan Salam
22: Woodstein! {2} by Peter Suderman
21: The Demon Barber of Main Street {4} by James Poulos
20: circumstantial innocence {9} by Alan Jacobs
20: McCain and the Latina Minuteman {2} by Reihan Salam
20: Gerson Plays Twister With McCain {2} by James Poulos
20: An Imagine That Will Haunt Me for Life {3} by Reihan Salam
20: the genie's offer {34} by Alan Jacobs
20: Gersonisms {1} by Peter Suderman
20: Obama in the Passive Voice {2} by Reihan Salam
19: The Debate is Moving {2} by Jim Manzi
19: Johnson vs. Bauerlein, Round 2 {9} by Alan Jacobs
19: You're So Young {3} by Peter Suderman
18: The Secret Muslim Smear {12} by Reihan Salam
18: the two races {0} by Alan Jacobs
18: The Englishman's Proudest Boast {0} by Noah Millman
18: The Economics of Injustice {11} by Noah Millman
18: Why Conservatives Are Going to Win on Global Warming {31} by Jim Manzi
17: Johnson vs. Bauerlein, Round 1 {14} by Alan Jacobs
17: Scientific American and Climate Change II: Discounting {9} by Jim Manzi
17: Scientific American and Climate Change I: Distributional Ethics {3} by Jim Manzi
16: Matt Zeitlin on the Politics of Caregiving {25} by Cameo Appearance
16: Mastering the Art of Losing {5} by Noah Millman
16: McCain and the Art of Speaking {0} by Matt Feeney
15: Reboots {0} by Peter Suderman
15: Liveblogging Heathrow, in spite of no real need for speed {2} by Jim Manzi
15: Happy Father's Day From the American Scene {0} by Matt Frost
14: On Predatory Lending {1} by Reihan Salam
14: A League of Their Own Imagination {11} by Reihan Salam
14: All This Has Happened Before {4} by Peter Suderman
14: A conservative, a liberal and a scientist walk into a bar {6} by Jim Manzi
13: first impressions {29} by Alan Jacobs
13: Neither a Borrower {0} by Noah Millman
13: Pseudo Realism {7} by Peter Suderman
12: I Woke Up Today {7} by Peter Suderman
11: In Defense of a Ghost Town {10} by Matt Frost
11: Reform, Regulation, and the Liberaltarian Turn* {13} by Reihan Salam
11: Running Against Regulation {0} by Peter Suderman
10: Could the GOP become the anti-corporate party? {28} by Peter Suderman
09: Snuffed {5} by Peter Suderman
07: A Qualified Defense of Cap and Trade {3} by Matt Frost
07: more on towns {12} by Alan Jacobs
06: In Defense of a Small Town {8} by Jim Manzi
06: the weakness of religion {21} by Alan Jacobs
06: Razib on Fundamentalisms {6} by Reihan Salam
06: Reihan Goes Global {1} by Reihan Salam
06: Larison on McCain {10} by Reihan Salam
06: Corey Robin on conservatism {3} by Reihan Salam
06: Quick Hits Before I Return to California {2} by Reihan Salam
05: Carbon and Inequality II {4} by Reihan Salam
05: Gonzo vs. Kermit {0} by Noah Millman
05: Mean Critics {1} by Peter Suderman
05: A Heartfelt Product Endorsement {0} by Matt Frost
05: The Great Dane {7} by Noah Millman
05: Now I'll Eat Anything {28} by Reihan Salam
05: A Million Little Triumphs {4} by Reihan Salam
04: Michael Goldfarb {10} by Reihan Salam
04: Carbon and Inequality {5} by Reihan Salam
04: Save Bob! {0} by Matt Frost
04: Boring With Hats, Too {5} by Peter Suderman
04: Fury, Hell, No Like {4} by Noah Millman
04: The Next American Hippies {14} by Reihan Salam
04: Accomplishments {6} by Reihan Salam
03: All Your Sins... {3} by Peter Suderman
03: Who Knew He Had Credibility to Begin With? {0} by Peter Suderman
03: Rent Control {3} by Jim Manzi
03: what to write on {1} by Alan Jacobs
03: Questions {6} by Peter Suderman
03: Take Control of Your Stuff {6} by Reihan Salam
03: The Family Paskowitz {1} by Reihan Salam
02: Presidential Libraries {6} by Noah Millman
02: All Blogging is Local {3} by Peter Suderman
02: his wheel, my time {10} by Alan Jacobs
02: Bienvenue! {5} by Jim Manzi
02: Would-be Jeff Skillings, Take Note {0} by Noah Millman
02: A Post at TAPPED {0} by Reihan Salam
02: Corzine to Mayberry: Drop Dead {6} by Jim Manzi
02: America, El Memorioso {8} by Noah Millman
01: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! {2} by Noah Millman
01: Luttwak and Islam {15} by Alan Jacobs
01: Whither the Record Label? {3} by Matt Frost
May 2008
31: Revelations {6} by Peter Suderman
30: Return of the Canadian Act {0} by Noah Millman
30: Friday Baby Name Game {33} by Noah Millman
29: Advertisements for Yourself {14} by Noah Millman
29: Oh, What A Tangled Webb {1} by Noah Millman
29: Bring On the Idiosyncrasy-ocracy {0} by Matt Frost
28: free as in . . . {19} by Alan Jacobs
28: Obamerica {54} by Jim Manzi
28: warning: theology ahead {3} by Alan Jacobs
27: Reihan's Pre-Summer Muxtape {1} by Reihan Salam
27: Save Brijit {4} by Reihan Salam
27: Warning: Explicit Lyrics (Seriously) {1} by Matt Feeney
27: How to Be Counterintuitive {0} by Peter Suderman
26: This Will Be Our Year: Best Song Ever? {2} by Reihan Salam
26: Mothers are the Best {1} by Reihan Salam
26: Instapaper {0} by Reihan Salam
26: Is Zappos the Greatest Company in History? {1} by Reihan Salam
26: my writing doesn't want to be free {15} by Alan Jacobs
26: Jean on Jean {2} by Reihan Salam
26: The New Atheist Anthem {4} by Reihan Salam
26: The What Is A Genius {2} by Reihan Salam
25: Michelle Shocked's Anchorage {1} by Reihan Salam
25: Google and the English language {0} by Alan Jacobs
24: Teach Us To Number Our Days {2} by Noah Millman
24: What's Wrong with Liberal Guilt? {17} by Reihan Salam
24: Music Snob Jihad {3} by Reihan Salam
24: Greening the Sunbelt, plus Transit and Inequality {4} by Reihan Salam
24: Sounds That Belong Together {0} by Reihan Salam
23: Can There Be Misery Loftier Than Mine? {1} by Noah Millman
23: Sentences I Wish I'd Written {2} by Peter Suderman
23: Shocking the Monkey {1} by Reihan Salam
22: share and share alike {8} by Alan Jacobs
22: Undetermined {83} by Jim Manzi
22: BQE {2} by Peter Suderman
22: The Stinginess Vote {1} by Reihan Salam
22: Ezra Klein Has A Good Point {0} by Reihan Salam
22: The R. Kelly Trial: Trial of the Millennium {4} by Reihan Salam
22: Stephen Rose on Inequality, Plus Random Thoughts {4} by Reihan Salam
22: Krasikov and Oster {1} by Reihan Salam
22: Some Observation about Middle-Class Taxes {6} by Jim Manzi
22: Cracking the Whip {4} by Peter Suderman
21: You Can Talk All You Want To But It's Different Than It Was (No It Ain't, No It Ain't - But You Gotta Know The Territory) {10} by Noah Millman
21: Frankly Speaking {2} by Peter Suderman
21: Return the Map {5} by Noah Millman
21: Eerie Parallel {4} by Reihan Salam
20: Cardigans vs. V-necks {0} by Reihan Salam
20: Reihan the Werewolf {1} by Reihan Salam
20: Happy Birthday! {3} by Peter Suderman
20: Barr-acuda {6} by Noah Millman
20: Operation Reihan {1} by Reihan Salam
20: The Comcast Conundrum {8} by Peter Suderman
20: Comcast-Plaxo {4} by Reihan Salam
20: Alarming Japanese Cinema {0} by James Poulos
20: Thank God for Matt Yglesias {1} by James Poulos
19: Uh Oh {0} by James Poulos
19: One More Pre-Naptime Song {0} by Reihan Salam
19: Peak Oil Song {1} by Reihan Salam
19: Defining Conservatism Up {5} by Noah Millman
19: More Peak Oil {19} by Jim Manzi
19: Death Metal's Formula One: Suffering + Art = Philosophy {0} by James Poulos
18: Peak Oil Hysteria {4} by Jim Manzi
18: The Timeless Grandeur and Ineffable Genius of Radiohead {9} by James Poulos
18: I Can Guide You {0} by Matt Frost
18: Quick Thoughts on Obama, McCain, and Iraq {14} by Reihan Salam
18: The Real Freedom Tower {4} by Reihan Salam
17: Dud of Personality {3} by James Poulos
17: the authority Leon Kass forgot to cite {1} by Alan Jacobs
16: Unhappy Hours {3} by Peter Suderman
16: Three Quick Points About the California Ruling {3} by Noah Millman
16: all's right with the world {4} by Alan Jacobs
16: Dignity, Always Dignity {15} by Noah Millman
16: Sports Quote of the Week {0} by Michael Brendan Dougherty
16: Poor Ben {0} by Peter Suderman
16: Conservatives and Gay Marriage {13} by Jim Manzi
15: ethics by Pinker {40} by Alan Jacobs
15: Who Nose? {4} by Peter Suderman
15: One Of These Things Is Exactly Like the Other {1} by Peter Suderman
15: Faith in the All-Encompassing Magical Love Bubble {14} by James Poulos
13: Faith in the Synapse {9} by Michael Brendan Dougherty
13: That'll Put the Lotion In The Basket {8} by Reihan Salam
13: A Good Price to Pay {12} by Michael Brendan Dougherty
13: No Age {7} by Peter Suderman
13: HB-NO? {1} by Peter Suderman
13: bias {14} by Alan Jacobs
12: Hillary's Bamboo Ceiling {1} by Matt Frost
12: Is Harvard Just a Tax-Free Hedge Fund? {24} by Jim Manzi
12: Italogermania {7} by Reihan Salam
11: Clone Harvard {21} by Reihan Salam
11: