The American Scene

An ongoing review of politics and culture


Articles by Conor Friedersdorf

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2012

January

19
A Thank You to The Folks Who Made This Site Possible by Conor Friedersdorf

2011

May

04
The Best of Journalism 2010 by Conor Friedersdorf

April

19
I've Reason To Believe You All Will Be Received by Conor Friedersdorf

March

29
A Marine In Afghanistan by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Come Back To The Blogosphere? by Conor Friedersdorf
10
Dynamite Has Its Place by Conor Friedersdorf
04
How Would You Get Rid Of Bad Teachers? by Conor Friedersdorf
03
Firing Bad Teachers by Conor Friedersdorf

February

23
Final Thoughts On How To Talk About Pigford by Conor Friedersdorf
21
An NBA Hypothetical by Conor Friedersdorf

January

13
A Brief Remark On Sarah Palin by Conor Friedersdorf
In Which I Dare The Corner To Publish Quotes From Popular Conservatives by Conor Friedersdorf
10
Tone Versus Substance by Conor Friedersdorf

2010

December

20
Quote Of The Day by Conor Friedersdorf
17
The Commerce Clause, Ctd by Conor Friedersdorf
16
Standing Up For Limits On The Commerce Clause by Conor Friedersdorf
09
The Dream Act Is Good Legislation From A Self-Interested American Perspective by Conor Friedersdorf

November

30
The Politics Of Authenticity Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
24
"The Conservative Gene" by Robin A. Dembroff by Conor Friedersdorf
18
"Pursuing Happiness" By Joseph Ashby by Conor Friedersdorf
Taking Her Seriously by Conor Friedersdorf
16
"The Politics Of Authenticity" by Matthew Lee Anderson by Conor Friedersdorf
15
The Future Of Conservative Journalism Isn't Tom Wolfe by Conor Friedersdorf
14
Jon Stewart Talks To Rachel Maddow by Conor Friedersdorf
13
When California Flirted With Fascism by Conor Friedersdorf
03
Photos Of The Day by Conor Friedersdorf

October

26
Is Charitableness Desirable In Public Argument Always Or Just Usually? by Conor Friedersdorf
22
It Ain't About News Versus Opinion by Conor Friedersdorf
18
One Question For Matthew Continetti by Conor Friedersdorf
Extortionists And Heroes by Conor Friedersdorf
13
Bloggers That Deserve A Wider Readership by Conor Friedersdorf
12
On The Coast, Amid The Redwoods by Conor Friedersdorf
01
Shark Versus Tiger by Conor Friedersdorf

September

29
How California Got Rich by Conor Friedersdorf
25
The California Section RIP, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
The Big Short by Conor Friedersdorf
14
Dr. Francis Everett Townsend, Citizen Wonk by Conor Friedersdorf
07
All Over Except the Equinox by Conor Friedersdorf
05
A Short Adventure Somewhere by Conor Friedersdorf

August

13
Reason TV on School Nurses by Conor Friedersdorf
The Impossible Question of How Many Immigrants We Should Take From Mexico by Conor Friedersdorf
12
On Women's Sports by Conor Friedersdorf
On the Gay Marriage Debate by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Needless Speed by Conor Friedersdorf
A Little Poison for the System by Conor Friedersdorf
04
Umbrage as a Rhetorical Tactic by Conor Friedersdorf
Games and Life by Conor Friedersdorf
Ugly Populism by Conor Friedersdorf

July

27
Please Laugh At This Man by Conor Friedersdorf
24
"It Hurts Her Cause, It Doesn't Help It" by Conor Friedersdorf
23
Wherein I Officially Begin Sounding Like Someone Over 30 by Conor Friedersdorf
22
He's Still Calling Her Racist by Conor Friedersdorf
Note on California Politics by Conor Friedersdorf
Defending the Indefensible by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Thoughts on the ongoing JournoList story by Conor Friedersdorf
17
The Thorny Issue of What's Not Covered by Conor Friedersdorf
09
Orientation Day in the MSM by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Keeping Up With The Louboutins by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Video of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
TAS Authors Elsewhere by Conor Friedersdorf

June

30
Conversing and Music Recommendations by Conor Friedersdorf
29
Summer Song Mashup by Conor Friedersdorf
28
A Century and Change by Conor Friedersdorf
27
"A Bit of Internecine Warfare" by Conor Friedersdorf
A Few Final Thoughts on Matters "Post Weigel" by Conor Friedersdorf
23
Quote of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Quote of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
18
Honor Killings and The Press by Conor Friedersdorf
17
Is President Obama Sabotaging America By Fighting Al Qaeda? by Conor Friedersdorf
06
On the 66th Anniversary of D-Day by Conor Friedersdorf

May

26
Who Are You Calling Crazy? by Conor Friedersdorf
18
Should We Auction Off Visas? And Miscellany... by Conor Friedersdorf
12
Cities by Conor Friedersdorf
10
A Beer for the Ages by Conor Friedersdorf
Tea Parties, the GOP, Libertarians, GOP Reformers, Etc. by Conor Friedersdorf
06
The Wonder of Bloggingheads by Conor Friedersdorf
05
What Happens When You Wage a War on Drugs by Conor Friedersdorf
03
David Frum vs. Jonah Goldberg on Bloggingheads by Conor Friedersdorf
Popping the Talk Radio Bubble, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf

April

30
Race as a Cudgel, Cont'd Again by Conor Friedersdorf
29
Popping the Talk Radio Bubble by Conor Friedersdorf
Initial Thoughts on Immigration Reform by Conor Friedersdorf
23
Arguments of Varying Merit by Conor Friedersdorf
Afraid of Mark Levin at The Corner by Conor Friedersdorf
22
The Reaction So Far to Jim Manzi by Conor Friedersdorf
Ramesh Ponnuru on Epistemic Closure by Conor Friedersdorf
19
Race as a Cudgel, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
On The Party of No by Conor Friedersdorf
17
Race as a Cudgel Against the Right by Conor Friedersdorf
Barack Obama's Identity by Conor Friedersdorf
14
"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals…except the weasel." by Conor Friedersdorf
12
Supply Side Op-ed-nomics by Conor Friedersdorf
08
Salvaging CNN Must Involve Compelling Images by Conor Friedersdorf
07
President Obama: Trending Toward Cheneyism by Conor Friedersdorf
Credit Where It's Due by Conor Friedersdorf
Fool Me Once... by Conor Friedersdorf
05
When Critics Help Institutions by Conor Friedersdorf
How to Preserve Freedom in the Long Run by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Is It Possible to Call Yourself "The Great One" Without Growing Dogmatic? by Conor Friedersdorf

March

30
Stuff I Wrote, and a Link Too by Conor Friedersdorf
Notes from a High School Civics Class by Conor Friedersdorf
27
Only in Florida by Conor Friedersdorf
26
Keep America Weird by Conor Friedersdorf
23
You Will You Will Rock Me by Conor Friedersdorf
18
Poorly Drawn Cartoon of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
Improbable Cause by Conor Friedersdorf
15
Send Audio Files Instead! by Conor Friedersdorf
What About the Innocents? by Conor Friedersdorf
12
Another Weak Defense of Keep America Safe by Conor Friedersdorf
Lady Gaga Should Make Silent Movies by Conor Friedersdorf
11
The Man Who Would Give Away the Bill of Rights by Conor Friedersdorf
Photo of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
Two Links, Both Offered Pro-Bono by Conor Friedersdorf
10
"Even the Conservative Conor Friedersdorf..." by Conor Friedersdorf
09
Exceptionalism Again -- Messieurs Lowry and Ponnuru Respond by Conor Friedersdorf
08
Why Self-Respecting Editors Should Be Embarassed to Publish Marc Thiessen by Conor Friedersdorf
Photo of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Life Within the Movement Bubble by Conor Friedersdorf
04
The RNC, the Church of the Savvy, and Where to Make Political Donations by Conor Friedersdorf

February

28
Exceptionalism, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
Notes on American Exceptionalism by Conor Friedersdorf
23
On Saying One Thing and Meaning Another by Conor Friedersdorf
20
Update on the ACORN Story by Conor Friedersdorf
The Weak Arguments Offered by Waterboarding Apologists by Conor Friedersdorf
17
The Winners by Conor Friedersdorf
13
The Best of Journalism: 2008 by Conor Friedersdorf
Obama Falters Again on Civil Liberties by Conor Friedersdorf
10
Eli Lake Is Worried Too by Conor Friedersdorf
09
Announcements by Conor Friedersdorf
08
Actual Death Panels in the Obama Administration by Conor Friedersdorf
Treat Those Two Impostors Just the Same by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Reader E-mail by Conor Friedersdorf
01
The Gitmo Three Update by Conor Friedersdorf

January

26
What is a Hipster? by Conor Friedersdorf
23
Photo of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
The Gitmo Three, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Murder at Gitmo? by Conor Friedersdorf
20
Exceptional rhetoric + mediocre performance = falling approval ratings. by Conor Friedersdorf
somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, the massachusetts election results prove everything i've been saying all along by Conor Friedersdorf
15
Good News for the GOP? by Conor Friedersdorf
The Korean Cinema's Niche Musicals by Conor Friedersdorf
14
The New Site on the Block by Conor Friedersdorf
13
Talking Over Torture, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
09
Talking Over Torture by Conor Friedersdorf
08
If I'd Invested Money Today Rather Than Spending It On Mango Lassi My Great Great Grandson Could Eat a Whole Indian Feast by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Avatar Offers Us a Unique World Where We Can Reflect on the Inescapable Conflicts Man Always Has And Always Will Face by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Torture and Pacifism by Conor Friedersdorf

2009

December

30
How to Make Life Hard for Lobbyists by Conor Friedersdorf
28
A Supposedly Good Restaurant I'll Never Eat at Again by Conor Friedersdorf
24
The Case for Unauthorized Edits by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Ethical Dilemmas In Veterinary Medicine: The Special Case of Centaurs by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Turnabout is Fair Play by Conor Friedersdorf
The GOP Can't Retake Congress if All the Elderly Conservatives Die of Swine Flu by Conor Friedersdorf
08
Should Food Stamps Exclude Unhealthy Purchases? by Conor Friedersdorf
Photo of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
Quick Notes by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Won, Too, Three, Fore by Conor Friedersdorf

November

30
Seven Items, Give or Take None by Conor Friedersdorf
28
International Law by Conor Friedersdorf
27
Thoughts on Patriotism by Conor Friedersdorf
25
A Strange Argument About Political Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf
Absurd Statements About Gay People by Conor Friedersdorf
Presidents, Congress, and the Budget by Conor Friedersdorf
Apotheke: A Gorgeous Bar In NYC That You Should Try If You Like to Taste Alcohol in Your Cocktails by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Announcements by Conor Friedersdorf
America Is Broke by Conor Friedersdorf
Hot Streak at BHTV by Conor Friedersdorf
18
PJTV Does Gitmo by Conor Friedersdorf
14
Seven Isn't Just a Name on Seinfeld by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Ringside Interview -- Taking Aim at the Judge's Scoring by Conor Friedersdorf
Links by Conor Friedersdorf
10
Why I'll Never Be a Singer-Songwriter by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Four Items, A La Carte by Conor Friedersdorf
05
5 Items, Zero Spin by Conor Friedersdorf
04
A Radical or Marginal Change? by Conor Friedersdorf
Open Letters, Etc. by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Postie Bob Barkered for Bad Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf
Presidential Politics by Conor Friedersdorf

October

31
Bemused and Weirdly Uncomfortable by Conor Friedersdorf
29
Defending One of the Worst Rap Songs in History by Conor Friedersdorf
28
Journalism, Viral Loops, Etc. by Conor Friedersdorf
4 Items, One Post, I Crave French Toast by Conor Friedersdorf
26
Who Is It That's Selling Out the Base? by Conor Friedersdorf
Unlearning Jargon by Conor Friedersdorf
25
Fallen Soldiers by Conor Friedersdorf
22
Today's Top Story: A Pundit Is Reflective! by Conor Friedersdorf
21
Hospitality with a Purpose by Conor Friedersdorf
Quote of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
Cheers! by Conor Friedersdorf
18
Surveying the Right by Conor Friedersdorf
How the Law Works by Conor Friedersdorf
17
Paramilitary Groups, Riots on the Streets of New York City by Conor Friedersdorf
16
Paging Adrian Nicole LeBlanc by Conor Friedersdorf
Race Baiting on the Radio -- Updated by Conor Friedersdorf
13
"Taking Responsibility" by Conor Friedersdorf
09
Tempting Neptune by Conor Friedersdorf
08
4 Items, One Post by Conor Friedersdorf
Quote of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
Topics Too Narrow for a Tumblr by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Explainer, Please by Conor Friedersdorf
The GOP Speaks by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Responding to Andrew Breitbart by Conor Friedersdorf
No Idea What They're Talking About by Conor Friedersdorf
05
It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times... by Conor Friedersdorf
The Impact of Summers by Conor Friedersdorf
03
Paging Alan Jacobs by Conor Friedersdorf
02
The American Scene Advice Column by Conor Friedersdorf
The Pro-Torture Right by Conor Friedersdorf
Must've Been in the Footnotes by Conor Friedersdorf
01
Attention New Yorkers by Conor Friedersdorf
The Single Time I'll Ever Write About Roman Polanski by Conor Friedersdorf
YouTube's Greatest Hits by Conor Friedersdorf
A Blogger's Lament by Conor Friedersdorf

September

30
Why Not Fruit Trees? by Conor Friedersdorf
Sorry Lawyers... by Conor Friedersdorf
A Subculture That Is Difficult to Understand by Conor Friedersdorf
I'd Hate to See Their Investment Advice by Conor Friedersdorf
Fields That Demand Integrity by Conor Friedersdorf
29
A Pricey Foreign Policy by Conor Friedersdorf
"Glorified PSAs" by Conor Friedersdorf
The Dearth of Elephants in the Room by Conor Friedersdorf
Why Not Let the Foreign Exchange Students Go to High School Here? by Conor Friedersdorf
On Letting Your Adversaries Define You by Conor Friedersdorf
28
Don't Bailout Newspapers (Even Though They're Invaluable) by Conor Friedersdorf
Miscarriage of Judgement by Conor Friedersdorf
26
Loyalty, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
24
Loyalty to Presidents is Overrated -- Be Loyal to the People, Please by Conor Friedersdorf
Is Michael Ledeen Serious? by Conor Friedersdorf
23
Please Grant Andrew Sullivan Citizenship by Conor Friedersdorf
22
The NEA, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
The NEA Flirts with Propaganda by Conor Friedersdorf
18
Elsewhere in Nefarious Taxpayer Funded Organizations... by Conor Friedersdorf
This Is Starting to Make My Head Hurt by Conor Friedersdorf
17
Racism, Anti-Racism, and Faux Anti-Racism by Conor Friedersdorf
Missing the Point by Conor Friedersdorf
16
The Daily Show Takes on ACORN by Conor Friedersdorf
Why I Have Contempt for Rush Limbaugh by Conor Friedersdorf
15
When Undercover Activism Meets Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf
Life in the USA, 1912 by Conor Friedersdorf
When You Value Talking Heads More Than Governing by Conor Friedersdorf
14
How to Grapple With Conspiracy Theories by Conor Friedersdorf
Well Played by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Quick Thoughts on the 9/12 Protests by Conor Friedersdorf
Credit Where It's Due: Andrew Breitbart 1, Acorn 0 by Conor Friedersdorf
10
They Report, Then Verify by Conor Friedersdorf
Educational Links by Conor Friedersdorf
Liberty, Freedom, Etc. by Conor Friedersdorf
09
"Longing On A Large Scale Is What Makes History" by Conor Friedersdorf
The Post-Journalistic Media by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Worse Than a Waste of Time by Conor Friedersdorf
The Left's Movement Bubble by Conor Friedersdorf
06
A Quick Favor by Conor Friedersdorf
The Cheapest Higher Education Ever by Conor Friedersdorf
05
I'd Rather Chip in for a Dalmatian by Conor Friedersdorf
A Quick Rebuttal by Conor Friedersdorf
04
It Could be Easier by Conor Friedersdorf
Stay or Go by Conor Friedersdorf
"There's A Difference Between a Sugar Mama and a Hooker..." by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Elites Are the Problem -- But That Doesn't Mean What You Think by Conor Friedersdorf
"Pie in the Sky" by Conor Friedersdorf
Even the strategic case for torture is weak by Conor Friedersdorf

August

31
Monday Morning Links by Conor Friedersdorf
When Movements Hurt More Than Help by Conor Friedersdorf
Irrational Arguments for Drug Prohibition by Conor Friedersdorf
The California Scene by Conor Friedersdorf
Two Gems in The Weekly Standard by Conor Friedersdorf
30
"The Lonely Passing..." by Conor Friedersdorf
Letter to Wonkette by Conor Friedersdorf
24
Age of the iPhone by Conor Friedersdorf
23
In Defense of Rich Lowry by Conor Friedersdorf
17
The Right, The Movies & Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf
14
Up from Comments by Conor Friedersdorf
12
Can Jonathan Klein Help Save Conservatism? by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Conor's Reform Guide to Wedding Etiquette by Conor Friedersdorf
Which Parts of the Government Do You Trust? by Conor Friedersdorf
Alpha Males Exist Only in Contrived Situations by Conor Friedersdorf
08
Keep It Simpler, Stupid by Conor Friedersdorf
Stop Negging Them On! by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Jelly Sans Peanut Butter by Conor Friedersdorf
05
Cash for Clunkers, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
04
Debating Cash for Clunkers by Conor Friedersdorf
Newspapers Are Poorly Written, Stilted, and Boring by Conor Friedersdorf
03
Government by Goldman Sachs by Conor Friedersdorf
01
I Hate Meetings by Conor Friedersdorf

July

31
An Uninteresting Question: Who Delivered Andy McCarthy? by Conor Friedersdorf
30
Against the Taser by Conor Friedersdorf
"...When They're Being Pushed Around" by Conor Friedersdorf
And Beyond the Slur... by Conor Friedersdorf
Obese Legislation by Conor Friedersdorf
29
What Transparency Demands by Conor Friedersdorf
Slow and Steady Wins the Race by Conor Friedersdorf
The 4 Day Work Week by Conor Friedersdorf
28
The Role of the Beat Cop by Conor Friedersdorf
Born in the USA by Conor Friedersdorf
Being Ivy in America by Conor Friedersdorf
23
CC: Internet Ombudsman by Conor Friedersdorf
15
What Kind of Elites Do We Want? by Conor Friedersdorf
Miscellaneous by Conor Friedersdorf
"The Great One" by Conor Friedersdorf
He Pities the Fool Who Is Naughty by Conor Friedersdorf
14
The Health Care Conversation by Conor Friedersdorf
13
Success! by Conor Friedersdorf
12
The TAS Advice Column by Conor Friedersdorf
11
The Personal Trainers Liberation Army by Conor Friedersdorf
10
When Penguins Attack by Conor Friedersdorf
He's Innocent! by Conor Friedersdorf
TAS Advice Column by Conor Friedersdorf
Summertime by Conor Friedersdorf
Press Secretary '12? by Conor Friedersdorf
08
The Dirty Secret of Magazine Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf
Call Conservative Elites What They Are by Conor Friedersdorf
Storytelling by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Elites Span the Political Spectrum by Conor Friedersdorf
Meanwhile at the Ideas Blog... by Conor Friedersdorf
Roger Federer, The Best Ever by Conor Friedersdorf
04
Politics as Unusual by Conor Friedersdorf
03
You Get What You Pay For by Conor Friedersdorf
November 5, 2004 by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Infinite Conors by Conor Friedersdorf
How to Tell Stories in Print by Conor Friedersdorf
April 1, 2004 by Conor Friedersdorf
01
September 2, 2003 by Conor Friedersdorf
Fox News Guest: America Needs Osama to Attack by Conor Friedersdorf
An Opening for Anti-Corporate Cons by Conor Friedersdorf

June

30
September 1, 2003 by Conor Friedersdorf
Feministing or Fox News? by Conor Friedersdorf
August 31, 2003 by Conor Friedersdorf
The American Scene Book Review, Edited by Graeme Wood by Conor Friedersdorf
29
Too Soon? by Conor Friedersdorf
25
My Big Tent Movement by Conor Friedersdorf
Meta American Scene by Conor Friedersdorf
20
Wood Gems by Conor Friedersdorf
The Limits of Science by Conor Friedersdorf
Next Time, Kick the Tires by Conor Friedersdorf
17
A Letter to Talk Radio Listeners by Conor Friedersdorf
Activist Judges Irrationally Revoke Standing of Conservatives!! by Conor Friedersdorf
16
"Thinking Big" by Conor Friedersdorf
15
In the Refrigerator by Conor Friedersdorf
Bermuda? Obama Ends the Uighur Drama by Conor Friedersdorf
13
Go Read Reihan by Conor Friedersdorf
12
In Defense of Lesbian Studies Majors by Conor Friedersdorf
Resisting a Universe of Pure Hatred by Conor Friedersdorf
The Best Man in Basketball by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Why I Love Bloggingheads by Conor Friedersdorf
10
What Good Is Empathy... by Conor Friedersdorf
If You Still Can't Handle a Hannity Interview... by Conor Friedersdorf
What's Blame Got to Do With It? by Conor Friedersdorf
The Man with the Golden Microphone by Conor Friedersdorf
Cliffs Notes -- Ross Douthat on Abortion by Conor Friedersdorf
09
Hooking Up: Even Older Than Plastic! by Conor Friedersdorf
"Structural Deficits" by Conor Friedersdorf
Oh, That Trillion Dollars? Let Me Think... by Conor Friedersdorf
Back to Fundamentals by Conor Friedersdorf
Our Children Aren't Economic Inputs! by Conor Friedersdorf
08
"Drawing a moral equivalence" by Conor Friedersdorf
A Clarifying Case by Conor Friedersdorf
The Other Publius by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Americans Do Care About Smaller Government by Conor Friedersdorf
The Most Compelling Woman in Brooklyn by Conor Friedersdorf
Against Outing (Most) Anonymous Bloggers by Conor Friedersdorf
05
Lying to Fox News Viewers by Conor Friedersdorf
Humankind Needs Fish Like Lance Armstrong Needs A Bicycle by Conor Friedersdorf
When Perfect Is the Enemy of Progressives by Conor Friedersdorf
04
"Truly terrifying" by Conor Friedersdorf
Links, Lynx, Lingx by Conor Friedersdorf
Why People Mistrust Supreme Court Justices by Conor Friedersdorf
03
A Balancing Act in Georgia by Conor Friedersdorf
Harry Reid, Blissfully Ignorant by Conor Friedersdorf
The Right's Political Future by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Under His Skin by Conor Friedersdorf
How Empathetic Judges Can Hurt People More Than They Help Them by Conor Friedersdorf
A Question for War on Terror Hawks by Conor Friedersdorf
Why is Judge S worse Than Judge X? by Conor Friedersdorf
01
Attention Feministing! by Conor Friedersdorf
Blog Debate of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
Please Initial Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here, And Sign There by Conor Friedersdorf

May

30
Their Rights vs What's Right by Conor Friedersdorf
28
She Says Sotomayor... and So Should We! by Conor Friedersdorf
26
Mark Levin Part II: The Dispatcher Is Dispatched by Conor Friedersdorf
25
Debating Dan Riehl -- Bottom of the First Inning by Conor Friedersdorf
Debating Dan Riehl -- Top of the First Inning by Conor Friedersdorf
Quote of the Day by Conor Friedersdorf
22
Standing Athwart Your Accountant Yelling "Don't You Dare Stop, Whatever You Have to Charge Me Later" by Conor Friedersdorf
"I don't know why your husband doesn't put a gun to his temple." by Conor Friedersdorf
20
The Porcupine Principle by Conor Friedersdorf
You Say Obstruction, I Say Due Process by Conor Friedersdorf
David Frum on Rome by Conor Friedersdorf
Too Close to Kafka for Comfort by Conor Friedersdorf
19
The Last Word: Andy McCarthy's Rebuttal by Conor Friedersdorf
16
How Can Anyone Think Both of These Things? by Conor Friedersdorf
Questions for Andy McCarthy by Conor Friedersdorf
Start Snitchin' by Conor Friedersdorf
Recommended Reading by Conor Friedersdorf
Show Me the Money by Conor Friedersdorf
15
Creeping Out to Beck by Conor Friedersdorf
13
The Most Qualified Gubernatorial Candidate in History? by Conor Friedersdorf
12
No One on The Corner Has Swagger Like Rush by Conor Friedersdorf
Deep in Debt, But Planning a New Federal Wing by Conor Friedersdorf
Hilzoy, My Old Prof! by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Dick Cheney's Faux Arguments by Conor Friedersdorf
What I'm Always Hunting For by Conor Friedersdorf
08
All the News That's Fit to Aggregate by Conor Friedersdorf
But is it art criticism? by Conor Friedersdorf
Hannity, Steyn and Ingraham by Conor Friedersdorf
07
On Closing Gitmo by Conor Friedersdorf
Final Thoughts on Education and Teachers' Unions by Conor Friedersdorf
Suspended Teachers Paid $10 Million Per Year by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Let the Principals Decide by Conor Friedersdorf
Education, Cont'd by Conor Friedersdorf
Awful Teachers Awfully Hard to Fire by Conor Friedersdorf
05
Torture Ethics by Conor Friedersdorf
"Everything Within His Power..." by Conor Friedersdorf
02
Answers Needed by Conor Friedersdorf
01
The Pundit Who Cried Bias by Conor Friedersdorf
Courage by Conor Friedersdorf

April

29
Is Teeth-Gritting the Answer? by Conor Friedersdorf
23
When All Else Fails Invoke 9/11 by Conor Friedersdorf
22
The Truth Usually Outs by Conor Friedersdorf
Conceding Nothing by Conor Friedersdorf
21
My Gut Tells Me We're Better Off Without Torture by Conor Friedersdorf
19
Strip Searched by Conor Friedersdorf
17
Searching for the Right Analogy by Conor Friedersdorf
Blue Jean Drama Queen -- Worst George Will Column I've Ever Seen by Conor Friedersdorf
Plumber for Sale by Conor Friedersdorf
"China's Missing Girls" by Conor Friedersdorf
What to Cut? by Conor Friedersdorf
Unstable Journalism by Conor Friedersdorf
14
On the Road, Day 4 -- Burlington, Iowa City, ? by Conor Friedersdorf
13
On the Road, Days 2 & 3 -- Ann Arbor, Chicago, and ? by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Deftly Handled by Conor Friedersdorf
06
On the Road -- Day 1, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh by Conor Friedersdorf
03
There's Nothing to Fear But All the Awful Things That Might Happen by Conor Friedersdorf
In a Just World... by Conor Friedersdorf
01
What Might Have Been by Conor Friedersdorf
This Stuff's Made in New York City! by Conor Friedersdorf

March

24
On the Road by Conor Friedersdorf
Profiled by Conor Friedersdorf
20
Bettering Ezra's List by Conor Friedersdorf
Coverage Matters by Conor Friedersdorf
18
When America's Celebrity Culture Began by Conor Friedersdorf
What Do They Drink at Magazines? by Conor Friedersdorf
16
Piggybacking on Newspapers by Conor Friedersdorf
13
Last to the Party by Conor Friedersdorf
12
Ah, The New Yorker's Complete Archive by Conor Friedersdorf
11
Talk Radio as Wrestlemania by Conor Friedersdorf
07
Governing by Crisis by Conor Friedersdorf
Whiplash Watching the Right by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Reader Contest by Conor Friedersdorf
Is Twitter Too Big to Succeed? by Conor Friedersdorf
05
Confirmation! by Conor Friedersdorf
In Defense of Flawed Things by Conor Friedersdorf
03
In Defense of Prepared Remarks by Conor Friedersdorf

February

27
Did Tucker Carlson Make It Out Alive? by Conor Friedersdorf
Substance Matters! by Conor Friedersdorf
20
Framed for Murder? by Conor Friedersdorf
18
My Tricky Parents by Conor Friedersdorf
Misplaced Loyalties by Conor Friedersdorf
13
The Largest Earmark in History by Conor Friedersdorf
Whither Economic Realism in Fictitious Media? Or: The Other Jeffersonian America by Conor Friedersdorf
12
Asking the Right Questions About Newspapers by Conor Friedersdorf
08
Let This Be A Lesson by Conor Friedersdorf
07
The Honeymoon Is Over by Conor Friedersdorf
06
Attention New Yorkers: Go See This Exhibit! by Conor Friedersdorf
05
"The Meaning of Sarah Palin" by Conor Friedersdorf
What Exactly Does PJTV Do Well? by Conor Friedersdorf
04
Gene Healy, Check Your Google Reader! by Conor Friedersdorf
Conservatism -- It's Alive! by Conor Friedersdorf
The Taxman by Conor Friedersdorf
02
The Panoramic Photo by Conor Friedersdorf
01
The California Section, RIP by Conor Friedersdorf