In this article (click on this link, Ann Applebaum, “Why I Can’t Vote For John McCain”), Ann Applebaum, a formidable intellectual and cultural warrior in Russia (see her book, Gulag: A History), lauds McCain, but criticizes Palin and the anti-Intellectualism that pervades, in this case, the GOP: strangely, it comes from the Evangelical Wing, what [...]

Center of the picture. This evening I was flailing wildly trying to beat down what I now realize was a Fly Broker. The metaphor, or anthropomorphism, is warranted: Fly Brokers are pesky bastards, causing us to swing wildly and, often, send halogen lamps, televisions, and other shit crashing to the floor. But if [...]