Jeremy Lott's Diary
Harper’s should just give up on covering Republican conventions. It really has no idea how to do it without looking incredibly stupid. Read more
Harper’s should just give up on covering Republican conventions. It really has no idea how to do it without looking incredibly stupid. Read more
“I think you’re on to an interesting story. The whole John Allison-Cato thing has the makings of an epic disaster.” So begins the response of my source, Deep Galt, on the eminent appointment of the Ayn Rand Institute-affiliated Allison to head the Cato Institute. (more…) Read more
1. Jeremy Lott’s Diary received a long response from someone close to the Ayn Rand Institute who has requested anonymity. I have decided to grant that and give my informant the codename Deep Galt — purely because the name amuses me. 2. The first communique from Deep Galt will be spooled out here over the next few days, starting in an hour or so. 3. Some folks assume I have an axe to grind with John Allison. Not so. Just... Read more
In another sign of the creeping Orszagization of America, today is the first day of school for kids in Lynden and I think the rest of Whatcom County as well. How awful is that — to be dragged back into school before Labor Day. Put me down on record as thinking this is cruel and unusual punishment. The Supreme Court should rule against it. Though with our luck John Roberts would side with the liberals on the Court and say... Read more
So I just typed “Republicans” into Google. The autofill suggested … are the problem … for Obama … for Voldermort (more…) Read more
Question: What would be a good codename for an Objectivist mole? Right now I’m thinking of going with Deep Galt, but open to suggestions. Read more
Well this is disturbing. In June I wrote a long and heavily trafficked blog post laying out some problems that the soon-to-be president of the Cato Institute, former BB&T president John Allison, might present to my employer of many moons ago. I have just uncovered new reasons to revisit those concerns. Please bear with me once more because this one takes some explaining. Allison is an Objectivist, more popularly known as a Randian, associated with the Ayn Rand Institute. Following... Read more
When Todd Akin this week vowed to fight on for a Missouri Senate seat, despite the media fallout from Rapegate, he was making a deliberate gamble. He thinks Claire McCaskill is a very vulnerable opponent and the storm will blow over. He may be right on the first point. Take a look at the Real Clear Politics polling on the race. Akin had what seemed to be a very clear lead before he started mainlining shoe leather. In the ad... Read more
Anybody know if a reporter ever put the question to Neil Armstrong, “What did you think of that R.E.M. song?” And if not, why not? Read more
Forgot to mention yesterday this Brad DeLong riff on my Rapegate comments. DeLong, an economist from UC Berkeley, says some things that I should probably address. We’ll set this up as a point-counterpoint to save time. Some readers might detect a whiff of anti-Catholicism in DeLong’s remarks but I’ve decided to turn the other cheek on that score: DeLong: “[I]t looks like Todd Akin and Paul Ryan — and many other Republicans who follow bishops — really do want to... Read more
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