Snark of the Day: Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat at The Atlantic

Here is some free advice for liberals who don’t care much for Jonah Goldberg or his (bestselling) new volume: Either confine yourself to dismissive snark, of the sort perfected by my colleague Matt, or buckle

How stupid does this sound?

“Allowing retailers to make money off of hungry people is wrong.”

So where did you eat breakfast this morning?  All I did was change one word, sick to hungry.  Da Mayor of Boston:

The decision

Little Green Footballs notes:

The Only Man Who Can Save America tries to save himself from The New Republic’s article: Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters.

“This story is old news and has been

The New Republic’s servers, apparently, are having some problems with the load this article on Ron Paul and his racist past (And present!) is generating.  You can understand why. And after reading it you can also understand why the Paulbots

In reading this bit last night from ABC’s blogs, I got to thinking a bit more about this Hillary Clinton tear festival we were all treated to repeatedly, yesterday.

Let’s look at the quotes from that scene:

“It’s not easy,

After many weeks on hold, I’m re-starting the Nightly Ramble. Reasons are many but the bottom line is that there are a lot of subjects I want to touch on but don’t want to write it all out… I’d rather

John Hawkins, Right Wing News, has his list of the most annoying liberals of the year, and Mrs. Pelosi is only number four.    John’s list is studded wth quotes and videos, including my favorite Fred video.

Hat Tip:  Memeorandum

Matt Yglesias, who I usually have serious disagreements with, points out that Hillary Clinton may well be on the wrong scent, here:

Hillary Clinton’s campaign seems determined to convince Barack Obama’s detractors in the blogosphere that he is so

I get asked fairly frequently of late, what are you guys gonna do if one of the (current) frontrunners wins the Republican nomination? Aren’t you painting yourselves into a corner just a little by targeting the front runners? (Example, calling

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, is confused by what Mike Huckabee means by his term ‘vertical” politics.   Josh does a real good job documenting Huckabee’s use this baffling term.   In the end, Josh concludes

The more I look at

Matthew Yglesias, Atlantic,  seems as confused by Mrs. Clinton’s recent campaign maneuver as I am.    Mrs. Clinton has accused  Barack Obama of being too liberal.   Thomas Edsall, Puffington Post:

Hillary’s aides point to Obama’s extremely progressive record as

OK, with the holidays, I freely admit being horribly behind in my reading..

Sister Toldjah, just before Christmas:

I read this blogpost by Michelle Malkin this morning about a fanatical black woman shouting down white people during an angry

Fellow Swamp Stomper Blue Crab Boulevard:

The 2008 Tournament of Roses parade was, yet again, a huge success. Cindy Sheehan’s “Absolute Moral Authority”, not so much.

Those who spent New Year’s Eve camped curbside were joined at dawn by giddy

Here’s a few posts from BitsBlog that caught my eye and my immediate memory, as I scanned over the posts from the last year.

Harry Reid,man of the land…. deal.
Barbara Boxer back in CAIR’s good graces
Joe Biden: Barack

Captain Ed, Captain’s Quarters, weighs in one left’s hysteria over the New York Times’ hiring of Bill Kristol:

I have to admit that I find the controversy refreshing. It’s good to see the progressives admit that a half of