These are some of the best written right-of-center blogs. Even if you disagree with their worldview, you’ll learn something from them without being insulted in the process.
Friendly Forces
ProfessorBainbridge.com: A Family Friendly Blog
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Andrew Sullivan: CNN FTW
Nico, who follows Iran coverage more than anyone, remarks:Hats off to CNN. Its coverage of Iran today is blowing every other media outlet out of the water, including Al Jazeera and BBC Persia. [Link]
Andrew Sullivan: What Makes Today's Protests Different
Juan Cole:A new and significant feature of this demonstration was that simultaneous rallies also occurred in cities all around the country. Although the crowds were relatively small, this national coordination suggests a national underground organization is emerging. [Link]
Marginal Revolution: The Political Psychology of Stimulus
David Hirschleifer writes: Regardless of who's right on the economics, clearly the ‘stimulus' language captures the pro side perfectly, and the con side not at all. Indeed, the term immunizes the mind to opposing evidence. After a cup of stimulus... [Link]
PoliBlog: Senator Ensign’s Parents Paid off Mistress’ Family
Via Politico.com: John Ensign’s parents paid $96k to his mistress Sen. John Ensign’s parents shelled out big bucks to pay off their son’s mistress, the latest twist in an unfolding scandal that has upended the political career of the one-time rising GOP star. [...] On Thursday, Ensign’s attorney said that the senator’s parents gave Doug Hampton, Cynthia Hampton and their ... [Link]
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LOW-HANGING FRUIT: Chris Brose responds to criticism of his question, How good should we feel about a U.S.-Russia relationship where we can make progress on many issues of questionable importance while we disagree over most of the important stuff? The "issues of questionable importance" to which Chris refers are the extension of the START regime for nuclear arms reduction and ... [Link]
PoliBlog: Stone Path
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PoliBlog: Reflected Bookshelf
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PoliBlog: Up-up-up-up
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PoliBlog: After the Rain
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PoliBlog: Angry Sky Arrives
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Andrew Sullivan: The Architect Of The Latest Meltdown
Matt Steinglass wants to focus on McCain, not Palin:John McCain is unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief. McCain is a guy of rather mediocre intellect, little curiosity, and very poor and impulsive decision-making skills. He’s vain and headstrong, and he easily turns opposition over matters of policy or politics into personal vendettas. He became a political commodity in 1973 because he embodied ... [Link]
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WORLD WAR I -- NOT WORTH WINNING: Dismayed realist Andrew Bacevich starts his column in the LA Times by arguing the British should've accepted a compromise with Kaiser Wilhelm instead of fighting to win. Their reward for victory was opening the door to Hitler, Stalin and World War II. Or as Bacevich puts it, "seeds of totalitarianism had been planted, ... [Link]
Andrew Sullivan: Outing Iran: Marjane Satrapi
Perhaps the best known work of Iranian pop culture in recent years is "Persepolis," the animated film adaptation of the 2000 graphic novel by Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi. Both works were based on her fascinating life story: Satrapi grew up in Tehran in a family which was involved with the communist and socialist movements in Iran, prior to the Iranian Revolution. She attended the ... [Link]
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THUMBING ITS NOSE AT EUROPE: Yesterday, the WSJ ran a column co-authored by Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy. I'm guessing that neither 10 Downing St. nor the Elysee was terribly glad to discover that the Journal buried their column at the bottom of a page, without even including one of those charming pencil portraits of either the French president or ... [Link]
The Glittering Eye: Burris Not to Seek Re-Election
Sneed is reporting that Roland Burris will not seek re-election in 2010: Sneed has learned U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has decided NOT to seek election to the seat he fought the government to keep. Sen. Burris is planning to announce his decision Friday by issuing a statement to the press. But he’s reportedly not planning to field any questions from ... [Link]
Andrew Sullivan: Violence As Disease
Andy Coghlan reports on programs trying to stem killings by changing the societal understanding of violence:Shootings and killings in deprived areas of Chicago and Baltimore have plummeted by between 41 and 73 per cent thanks to a programme that treats violence as if it is an infectious disease...The most important but controversial element of the programme to tackle the epidemic ... [Link]
Andrew Sullivan: "Killed In Front Of Us"
Lara receives a riveting email from Iran. And today she tweeted: witness says he saw 2 killed by gunfire. "we were in the red zone and it was nothing less than war. pray for us."Tehrani: police first struck people, then told them to leave. if store owners hadn't come to our rescue I don't know what would've happenedreform camp source ... [Link]
Andrew Sullivan: Chart Of The Day
From Calculated Risk. For analysis of this trend, check out Richard Florida. [Link]
Andrew Sullivan: Allah As Puppet President
Abbas Milani provides an "intellectual history of the green wave":Before coming to power, Khomeini argued that the most important duty, indeed the raison d'etre of an Islamic government, was to implement fully the tenets of sharia. But once in power and faced with the complexities of modern Iranian society, he subtly changed the very foundation of his theory. He introduced ... [Link]
