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2007-05-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Steve 2007-05-07 13:30|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Democratic Farm Labor Party State. Nuf said.

Posted by 3dc 2007-05-07 13:48|| 2007-05-07 13:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Way to go, shitheads.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-05-07 13:58|| 2007-05-07 13:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Al Franken last seen doing the happy dance.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-05-07 14:23|| 2007-05-07 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 James Lileks is the best English-language writer of short feature essays and op-eds active in the world today. Period.* The Strib is shooting itself in the foot (and probably has the chutzpah to put in for a Purple Heart the moment the cordite smell dissipates). If I were a subscriber, I'd be cancelling this afternoon.

As it is, all my friends will likely be getting copies of Interior Desecrations next Christmas--ordered from Amazon via the link on the Daily Bleat page so Lileks gets a commission on top of his royalty.

I will also be lobbying the Wall Street Journal editorial page to pick him up. Please consider joining this effort.

*I yield to no man in my admiration for Mark Steyn, Victor Davis Hanson, Peggy Noonan, the Anchoress, Wretchard, and the many other fine writers whose works grace the Op-Ed page of the RDS&TP--but Lileks is the best of that very good lot.

Posted by Mike 2007-05-07 14:29|| 2007-05-07 14:29|| Front Page Top

#5 They couldn't resist cutting the last thread that kept the business above water, could they?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-05-07 15:11|| 2007-05-07 15:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike: here is a list of Paul Greenberg essays.

They're not the same but enjoyable nonetheless.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/greenberg1.asp

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-07 16:36|| 2007-05-07 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Mike: here is a list of Paul Greenberg essays.

They're not the same but enjoyable nonetheless.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/greenberg1.asp

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-07 16:37|| 2007-05-07 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 "Not out the door yet, perhaps, but definitely being handed his hat."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-05-07 17:33|| 2007-05-07 17:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, as long as the Treasury of Regretable Food is okay, and the Gobbler Tour of course, I'm fine.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-07 17:35|| 2007-05-07 17:35|| Front Page Top

#10 I enjoy the Bleat. Lileks is great in that vehicle, and also in his Hewitt interviews.

That said, IMO the Quirk sucked.

Posted by KBK 2007-05-07 17:41|| 2007-05-07 17:41|| Front Page Top

#11 It's time for Lileks to to bring back Screedblog . Man, he wrote some righteous stuff back then.

Posted by mrp 2007-05-07 18:17|| 2007-05-07 18:17|| Front Page Top

#12 well someone worth a S*** needs to snatch him up and quick.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-05-07 23:11|| 2007-05-07 23:11|| Front Page Top

#13 As myself and other Netters had argued times before, iff the Left = LeftSocialism can't rule the world and post-9-11 future OWG, they'll take everybody wid them to hell. Its not for the Failed and Failing to reform or share or change, even for its own benefit or advantage its for the Good and Successful to concede = surrender.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-07 23:24|| 2007-05-07 23:24|| Front Page Top

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