Another sign of what’s going on: some big-name Finnish musicians come to Minnesota for a music tour. One is allegedly the "Bruce Springsteen" of Finland. They’ve done nothing wrong. But this is what they get at the airport: Immigration agents at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport subjected them to more than two hours of interrogation … Continue reading America The Unfriendly
by David Weigel John Tabin sees gas prices falling and wonders how this will affect the Great Democratic Comeback of 2006. The funny thing about Bush is how closely his approval ratings correlate to gas prices. So if it’s true that the price at the pump is poised to keep falling for months, shouldn’t we … Continue reading Electoral Gold. Texas Tea.
“The whole art of war consists in a well-reasoned and extremely circumspect defensive, followed by rapid and audacious attack.” – Napoleon, quoted by Karl Rove in a memo to a candidate in a campaign in 1986. “Compassionate conservatism,” meet the Swift Boat Vets. HOW ROVE OPERATES: Josh Green’s new piece in the Atlantic is a … Continue reading QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Your essay in Time reminded me of who I was, and what the Republican Party was, in the 1980s.In 1983, I slapped an ‘Another Student for Reagan Bush’ bumper sticker on my dorm room door, and wore Reagan buttons on my denim jacket, right next to the U2 and Black Flag pins (go figure). The … Continue reading EMAIL OF THE DAY
We will forget.Researchers have long found that the memory of epochal events fade with time. The remembering of such events even has a specific name
flashbulb memory. As time passes, the chronology gets jumbled up; we fumble on the details; we airbrush some parts and highlight others. We re-imagine the past to make it more coherent, meaningful, bearable. One ongoing study at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Psychology Department – of a large, country-wide sample of people – is finding … Continue reading
We will forget.Researchers have long found that the memory of epochal events fade with time. The remembering of such events even has a specific name
