Anyone who knows me (or who reads my del.icio.us links) knows that I think Malcolm Gladwell is the Bullshit King. perich asks why Gladwell's latest is so bullshitty.

It is bullshitty, of course, because it follows the Gladwell model:

1) State a stylized fact:Five quarterbacks were taken in the first round of the college draft that year, and each ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, William Ayers:"I'm not an unrepentant terrorist; I'm just a guy who set off a bunch of bombs in support of my political agenda, and (looking back) it's possible (but definitely not certain) that doing so might have been a bad idea. If I have any regrets, it's that our terrorism bombing campaigns weren't successful in ( Read more... )

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"Whether The State Should Sanction 'Gay Marriage'" is not one of the top 50 most pressing issues of our time. (In fact, it is probably not one of the top 1000, but I have trouble counting that high, so I can't be sure.) If you are going to whine, or protest, or armed-takeover Mormon temples, or carry humorless signs, or angrily call black people ( Read more... )

Assuming I haven't deleted the blog by then, we can check back in four years and see how right or wrong I was.

Terrible Things Obama Will Do That McCain Would Not Have Done* Taxes on me ( Read more... )

First, from the Saddleback Forum:WARREN: Now, you’ve made no doubts about your faith in Jesus Christ. What does that mean to you? What does it mean to you to trust in Christ? And what does that mean to you on a daily basis? What does that really look like ( Read more... )

herbaliser: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6aed018f8f53c49b726df7ed83b2e24aRead more... )

Were I not about to leave on vacation (during which I will have unreliable internet access), I would single-mindedly devote the next three weeks to establishing a grassroots movement devoted to defeating every single congressperson and senator that voted for the bailout package. (This includes both Obama and McCain ( Read more... )

AJC, 9/25/08: Gas shortage may crimp weekend fun
AJC, 9/26/08: Ga. officials investigating 130 gas stations [for price gouging]

If there were any justice in the world, Barney Frank would not only lose his job but would also be beaten with a sack of doorknobs.''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The ( Read more... )