The American Scene

An ongoing review of politics and culture


Articles by James Poulos

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2010

March

16
Bumper Sticker by James Poulos
Nothing Is Written, Even In Code by James Poulos
03
Thiel's Error by James Poulos

January

25
Tea & Culture by James Poulos
19
The T-Word by James Poulos
15
Tea & Me by James Poulos
06
AVATAR REALLY IS POETIC DECK-STACKING IN SCIENTIFIC DRAG by James Poulos

2009

October

08
Total Request Taped by James Poulos
07
Letterman and the Abolition of Cruelty by James Poulos

September

24
Glenn Beck Is Not A Pomocon by James Poulos
22
Kristol's Purple Persuasion by James Poulos

August

25
Dignity Panel by James Poulos
21
The Trouble With Geeks by James Poulos
20
The American Obsolescene by James Poulos

July

21
Our Transatlantic Future by James Poulos

June

23
The Sex Vote: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut by James Poulos
14
EPHRAIM'S SUMMER OF 2009, (Part 3) by James Poulos
Public Service Announcement by James Poulos
Borgesian Weekend by James Poulos
04
Nightmares and Banalities by James Poulos
01
Matt Crawford as Steampunk by James Poulos
Ezra Dyer, Hero by James Poulos

April

21
Tribal Pride by James Poulos
16
Taper Legged Blues by James Poulos
15
Nemesis II: The Footnote by James Poulos
13
My Enemy by James Poulos
10
Dreck and Resurrection by James Poulos
06
The Anxiety of Optimism by James Poulos
05
Democratic Mores and the Hospital-Theater of the Absurd by James Poulos
01
The Cultural Paradoxes of Capitalism by James Poulos

March

27
No Pun is Adequate by James Poulos
19
No Pun Is Adequate by James Poulos
18
Toothless Fairey by James Poulos
17
The New Crass by James Poulos
15
Europe's Problem and Ours by James Poulos
14
Bottoms Up by James Poulos
09
The Promising Animal by James Poulos
07
News I Can Use by James Poulos
06
Big Girls by James Poulos
On Rooting by James Poulos
The Pessimist Blogs by James Poulos
05
Citizenship 3.0 by James Poulos
04
Is the Freedom Agenda Dead? by James Poulos
The Pessimist Blogs by James Poulos
01
Less Bobo, More Boho by James Poulos

February

26
What's the Prob, Bob? by James Poulos
24
Doubling Down by James Poulos
23
Meat, Bone, Hope, Courage by James Poulos
21
PINKPOLICESTATE.COM by James Poulos
20
Obama's Propellerheads by James Poulos
Sham Shame by James Poulos
Splitting Axes by James Poulos
19
You've Been Erased; or, Hey Christmas Tree, Hey Lightbulb by James Poulos
18
The Pessimist Blogs by James Poulos
17
Pampered Oakeshottean Pets? by James Poulos
16
Liberaltarianism and the Sex Vote by James Poulos
The Pessimist Blogs by James Poulos
11
"Be American" by James Poulos
10
The Pessimist Tweets by James Poulos

2008

October

06
This Little Piggy Marked to Market by James Poulos
02
Yes, But Which Experience? by James Poulos

September

24
What's In Our Head by James Poulos
22
Skillz = Fail by James Poulos
16
Back to the Past? by James Poulos
09
Anthropocentric Environmentalism by James Poulos

August

28
Lieberman: Bush Legacy Ejector Seat? by James Poulos

July

27
His Hair Was Perfect by James Poulos
23
Lesbos: Not Just from Lesbos by James Poulos
20
Christian Libertarians, Cultural Conservatives, and the Dilemma of Political Power by James Poulos
14
The Party of Culture Club by James Poulos
12
The Case of the Twelve Million Dollar Shark by James Poulos
11
The Social Topography of David Brooks' Work-Culture War: a Warning to Ross and Reihan by James Poulos
10
Nonarbitrary Catchphrase Alert by James Poulos
09
He Prowls No Longer by James Poulos
Hate If You Must Helms' Old Gray Head, But Spare Your Country's Flag, She Said by James Poulos
An Exercise in Pessimism by James Poulos
Don't Boot the Russkies by James Poulos
08
Thunderclass? by James Poulos
07
Life After Daedalus by James Poulos
06
Three Victims by James Poulos
05
Ophelia, I'm Only Dancing: Lies, Damned Lies, and Metafiction by James Poulos
04
Jesse Helms and the Future of Gersonism by James Poulos
03
Broder's Unwise America by James Poulos
Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta Meta BOOM by James Poulos
01
Dionysiac Zero by James Poulos
TAS Wall·E Symposium Entry IV: Exit Art for a Film by James Poulos

June

30
My Delayed Heller Reaction by James Poulos
21
The Demon Barber of Main Street by James Poulos
20
Gerson Plays Twister With McCain by James Poulos

May

Alarming Japanese Cinema by James Poulos
Thank God for Matt Yglesias by James Poulos
19
Uh Oh by James Poulos
Death Metal's Formula One: Suffering + Art = Philosophy by James Poulos
18
The Timeless Grandeur and Ineffable Genius of Radiohead by James Poulos
17
Dud of Personality by James Poulos
15
Faith in the All-Encompassing Magical Love Bubble by James Poulos
09
English English: More Cheap Laughs by James Poulos
07
Denver Vice by James Poulos
Thunderbull by James Poulos
06
Obama I, King of the Grup People by James Poulos
Scarlett Fever by James Poulos
03
Absurdonationalism by James Poulos
02
'80s Hair by James Poulos
01
Miley Roundup by James Poulos

April

29
Takin' it to the Tubes by James Poulos
28
Hella Coachella by James Poulos
26
Double Trouble by James Poulos
23
Pantheism Watch by James Poulos
Fun With Movement Conservatism by James Poulos
22
Pink Police Paradox by James Poulos
21
Liberal Faith, Liberal Feelings by James Poulos
A Little Too Ironic by James Poulos
20
When Good Ideas Make Bad Laws by James Poulos
18
Like Medvedev, Like Putin by James Poulos
That's Rich by James Poulos
17
Hodgepodge of Banality by James Poulos
Some Enchanted Bureaucracy by James Poulos
15
Pink Police State Watch: Upward Bear Edition by James Poulos
30 Seconds to Mush by James Poulos
14
Putting the 'Mis' in Imperial Misadventures by James Poulos
11
An Alien Encounter by James Poulos
With a Name Like Gerson, it's Got to be Spurious by James Poulos
09
Nazi Kitsch's New Low by James Poulos
08
Drink and Food by James Poulos
07
Absolut Commodification by James Poulos
Atheism is Just the Beginning by James Poulos
03
Score One for Europe by James Poulos
01
NATO: You Can Stop the Bum Rush by James Poulos
Putting a Certain Finger in the Upright and Locked Position by James Poulos
I'm Living a Lie: Gmail Custom Time by James Poulos

March

25
Mend It, Don't End It: Affirmative Action for The Penny by James Poulos
Intellectualism, Expertise, and the Risk of Idiocy by James Poulos
That Atavistic No-War Mentality by James Poulos
When Is Optimism Depressing? by James Poulos
24
Imitation of Cheesus by James Poulos
Master and Slave Morality in Iraq by James Poulos
22
Chinese Torture by James Poulos
21
Wild Ponies by James Poulos
20
White Resentment In Action by James Poulos
El Disastre by James Poulos
The Speech vs. The Future by James Poulos
18
Organista! by James Poulos
14
Fun With Hyperbole by James Poulos
13
Why I Am Not A Scientist by James Poulos
12
Curb Your Fine Art Enthusiasm by James Poulos
Cammy Patrician vs. Lunchbucket Hill by James Poulos
06
Do-Over in Florida and Michigan? by James Poulos
05
Bush's Medvedev by James Poulos
The Dungeon Loses Its Dragon by James Poulos
02
Is A Nicholson Plug by James Poulos

February

29
The Black Art of Rhetoric by James Poulos
Art + God = Math by James Poulos
28
Life After Buckley by James Poulos
27
It's Whitey Bulger and his Dame on the Lam! by James Poulos
26
You're Pfired by James Poulos
25
Voodoo Economics by James Poulos
Falling Slowly by James Poulos
23
Why Democracy? Why Citizenship? by James Poulos
22
Open Season on Caucuses by James Poulos
He's Bringing Sorrow Back. Yeah? by James Poulos
21
Democracy: A Way of Politics, Not a Way of Life by James Poulos
20
Chaim Witz, Ubermensch by James Poulos
To The Barracades, Grammerians! by James Poulos
18
If Ever A Crunchy Con Issue There Was by James Poulos
Just Words by James Poulos
Kosovo! ...Yawn by James Poulos
13
You Must Be Robo-Trippin by James Poulos
11
The Sage of Singapore by James Poulos
10
Rights Ex Machina: Immigration Continued by James Poulos
It's Hard Out There for a Clinton by James Poulos
09
FYI by James Poulos
08
Gerson's Immigration Insanity by James Poulos
07
Three Big Duds, One Great Issue by James Poulos
06
I Predict a Riot by James Poulos
05
Equal Human Dignity for the Poolboy by James Poulos
03
The Decline and Fall of John McEnroe by James Poulos
A.O. Scott, World Heritage Site by James Poulos
02
Senator, I Knew Dwight Eisenhower by James Poulos

January

29
Endorsements by James Poulos
Notebook II by James Poulos
28
An Alternate Theory of the Origin of Violence by James Poulos
The Authentic Pretenders by James Poulos
26
99...I've Been Waiting So Long by James Poulos
25
Gerson in Good Op-Ed Shocker by James Poulos
23
Knowledge and Power on the Right: Pomo Conservatism Rightly Understood by James Poulos
22
Work It by James Poulos
21
Ecumenical Reform or Total Disaster? by James Poulos
Our Mutant Lives by James Poulos
18
Halfbright by James Poulos
Smugism? by James Poulos
Gerson vs. Thompson by James Poulos
17
Is NATO Dying? by James Poulos
15
Unlovable Monsters, Social Security, and the Future of Christian Love by James Poulos
14
Talk to the Shoe by James Poulos
12
Atheism's Slide from Optimism by James Poulos
10
Zoos as Confidence Crisis by James Poulos
09
The Tragedy of Ron Paul by James Poulos
08
A Sense of Change by James Poulos
Tase Me, Amadeus by James Poulos
Re: Unilatgeoeng by James Poulos
I'm a Car, Not a Number by James Poulos
07
North Korea and the Logic of Therapy by James Poulos
06
It's Not About the Benjamins by James Poulos
Radiohead Breaks the Rules, Again by James Poulos
04
Reihan's Master Plan by James Poulos
South Carolina Decides the Election by James Poulos
03
Iowa Predictions by James Poulos
Cheap Shots? by James Poulos
Centrism vs. Bad Orthodoxy vs. Good Orthodoxy by James Poulos
02
Forced Out of Politics? by James Poulos
01
More Predictions by James Poulos

2007

December

31
The Best Argument for Libertarianism? by James Poulos
20
We Won't Stop Darfur by James Poulos
17
Fred's Bunker Mentality by James Poulos
16
Cultures of Death by James Poulos
15
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! by James Poulos
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one by James Poulos
14
Reverse Pilgrims by James Poulos
13
Morlock Warriors, Eloi Citizens? by James Poulos
12
Purple-Headed Warriors by James Poulos
Revenge of the Nazis by James Poulos
But Disgrace is Fun by James Poulos
She's No Socrates by James Poulos
Dept. of Bright Ideas by James Poulos
11
Fascinating by James Poulos
10
Head, Heart, Soul, And State by James Poulos
09
Chartreuse Day by James Poulos
08
Don't Shoot Me Santa by James Poulos
07
One Minute Mitt by James Poulos
05
Re: Chinese Meritocracy by James Poulos
04
These Are a Few of My...GAAAHHH!!! by James Poulos
Fashion Emergency, Beltway Edition by James Poulos
03
Will Europe Be Okay? by James Poulos
02
Sin Credits: The Future of Europe? by James Poulos

November

29
Friend Incest, Intimacy Porn, and Dionysiac Lite by James Poulos
27
Something Fun for the Peak Oil Crowd by James Poulos
Big Jesus, Big Business...Big Deal? by James Poulos
Bumper Stickers by Reihan by James Poulos
26
Brothers 2 The Bone? by James Poulos
Georgia Rule by James Poulos
24
Black Friday's Flaming Shroud by James Poulos
20
Replies to Noah and Joe by James Poulos
19
Kevin Barnes' Manifest Destiny by James Poulos
18
Gerson's Therapeutic Heroism: Practical Morality in the Tutelary State by James Poulos
12
Contract Killaz by James Poulos
10
Millman's Crossing by James Poulos
09
Pekka-Eric American? by James Poulos
08
NPod, Spinozan Heretic? by James Poulos
The Iran Crisis: Five and a Half Questions by James Poulos
Giuliani-Robertson '08 by James Poulos
07
Dumber Kids? by James Poulos
05
Varieties of Petulant Boyhood by James Poulos
Conversations with Suderman by James Poulos
02
Methuselocracy! by James Poulos

October

30
Mukasey, One-Dunk, and Beyond by James Poulos
27
This Region... by James Poulos
26
Peak Dick by James Poulos
Implosion Bookie by James Poulos
24
Atheists: The New Religious Right? by James Poulos
Life In 2D by James Poulos
23
Fred Thompson's French Literature Problem by James Poulos
22
Slow Hand by James Poulos
The Republic of Bottobillia by James Poulos
21
Motherless Brooklyn, Fatherless Los Angeles by James Poulos
Killer Bods by James Poulos
20
Zed's Dead, Baby by James Poulos
19
Peggy Noonan by James Poulos
Making Genocide Official by James Poulos
18
Moving and Shaking by James Poulos
17
Go Home, Young Man? by James Poulos
Zombie Populism by James Poulos