Friday, February 04, 2005
Senate confirms Gonzales, 60-36
Me: Hey, check this out, Janet, three-eighths of the Senate opposes the nomination of a torture-justifying hack to the highest law-enforcement position in the United States! You can say the glass is five-eighths empty if you want, but me, I’m looking on the bright side!
Janet: Yeah, what the hell, it’s only torture. It’s not like he didn’t pay taxes on a nanny or something.
American Airspace
As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where-- where do they go?
Straight here. To this blog.
You are now in American Airspace.
Ginormous looming Putin head h/t.
About Michael Bérubé
I teach American literature and cultural studies at Penn State University. And I have been certified as dangerous by the David Horowitz Center for Freedom Fries and Apple Fritters.
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Pitching Stats
Best Education Blog, 2006 Wizbang Weblog Awards
2005 Koufax Award runner up / honorable mention for Best Series.
Second place, 2005 Wizbang Weblog Awards, Best of the Top 251-500 Blogs.
2004 Koufax Award honorable mention for Best Writing, Best New Blog, and Most Humorous Post.
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Rhetorical Occasions
What's Liberal?
Reviews / blog discussions:
November 2006 was Liberalpalooza Month®, brought to you by The Valve
Bitch. Ph.D., December 13
Joseph Kugelmass, November 28, and Valve cross-reference
Dave Maier, November 21, and Valve cross-reference
Adam Kotsko, November 11, and Valve cross-reference
Timothy Burke, November 9, and Valve cross-reference
Jodi Dean, November 8, and Valve cross-reference
Mark Bauerlein, November 3 (a generous cross-post of his New Criterion review)
Dr. Virago, November 2
Daniel Drezner, November 2 (and brief reply to Drezner by Eric Rauchway at TNR's "Open University")
John Holbo, November 1 (event announcement and kayfabe kickoff)
Ophelia Benson, Butterflies and Wheels, October 26
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Other Reviews / blog discussions:
Chris Potter, Pittsburgh City Paper, December 21
Glenn Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22
David Horowitz, FrontPage.com, October 20
Maximilian Pakaluk, National Review Online, October 19
Ezra Klein, Campus Progress, October 18
Jonathan Liu, New York Observer, October 9
Aaron Swartz, Raw Thought, October 4
Eric Rauchway, American Prospect Online, Sept 29
Aaron Barlow, ePluribus Media, Sept 16
Alan Wolfe, New York Times Book Review, Sept 10
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution, Sept 7
Chris Clarke, Creek Running North, Aug 30
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon, Aug 18
Interviews:
With Pittsburgh City Paper (Chris Potter), December 21
With The Talking Dog, November 27
With the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Bill Schackner), November 26
Free Exchange on Campus, part one and part two
Podcast on Inside Higher Ed with Scott McLemee, together with McLemee's essay
Adaptations into other media
Brilliant and beautiful and profoundly moving graphic novel in .pdf format by Chris Clarke.
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