http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/news/ Catalyst, a progressive weblog including extensive links to commentary and alternative media sources. en-us Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:44:38 EST Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:44:38 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Coranto bregenspan@gmail.com http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAAlFVlZlAkcdWbTJ.php Reasonoid Radley Balko has a great post on Ron Paul up today. Snippet: Paul doesn't consider this worthy of a serious reaction. I was hoping for much, much more. If Paul didn't write these screeds, he should tell us who did, or assign someone from the campaign to do some research, and reveal the authors' identity. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:44:38 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAZkuuZuVzHXEBqJJ.php Glenn Greenwald has a great, regularly-updated post here about National Review's fabrication scandal, which has gone neglected by media critics and, not too surprisingly, the entire rightwing blogosphere. For more on Mark Steyn, one of the National Review folks whose scolding tone during TNR's similar scandal has not re-emerged in this case, check out my latest Campus Progress post. Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:59:05 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAZElVEllpzuwBriE.php Jill at Feministe looks at Ayaan Hirsi Ali's latest articulation of the standard "where are all the moderate Muslims?" complaint and finds it more than a little unconvincing. Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:26:28 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAVVAVEuuADlYqMvU.php In his usual habit of linking to something approvingly without first checking whether or not it is categorically false, Glenn Reynolds yesterday directed readers to this mean-spirited post on a blog called "Classical Values". The classical values-espousing writer implies that a Daily Kos poster's call to send care packages to our troops is a cynical ploy, designed solely so that the troop-hating moonbats... Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:45:44 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAVVEyFEyPeWdBjCi.php In fairness to National Review, its writers don't only go off on wild, wholly unsubstantiated conspiracy theories involving the left; they're starting to do so as part of their internecine pre-primary fighting as well. The next few months should be fun! Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:51:56 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAVpZEEyVhQSHMHyL.php This is a hectic semester for me as it's my last in college, but I've also been working on a new project that will hopefully eventually replace Catalyst with a prettier, perhaps a bit more "Web 2.0-y" blog. In the meantime, I've been doing consulting work for, and also blogging from time to time on, the Campus Progress site, which is a great resource for anyone interested in progressive politics generally... Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:12:45 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAkFEZyFVycXvAZgI.php Completely authentic, unaltered question asked by Glenn Beck:"Why is America not in the Bible?" Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:20:35 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAkpVpEulFQgGRQzn.php The latest news out of Myanmar:An active member of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party in Burma has died under interrogation, as the crackdown against last month's protests continues. Win Shwe, a 42-year-old member of the National League for Democracy was arrested with five colleagues on September 26, the day the junta began to put down the demonstrations. According to a Thailand-based human rights... Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:02:28 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAkpuAyFkNSrThuvU.php In case you still think there's any chance that Ron Paul isn't going to win the Republican nomination: I just learned in an email from drdavidduke@gmail.com that Mr. Paul has the Stormfront endorsement. Expect his political futures to skyrocket in the coming weeks. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:53:52 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAEVFAlyEqsHqfnTV.php Kathryn Jean Lopez, in a post titled "Come Off It, Already":Now Mrs. Edwards is questioning Rush Limbaugh's deferment. Is the Democratic party that insecure that they can to try to destroy this powerful, successful voice? They really don't know fairness. Fairness seems to be "getting your way" in the left-wing dictionary. Air American can't stand on its own? Fairness Doctrine! We screw up and let MoveOn... Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:17:41 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEAEEpVFAVTHDlBOKM.php Greg Mankiw argues against SCHIP by noting increased insurance coverage of kids over past decade. Increased insurance coverage of kids over past decade was due to SCHIP.David Brooks argues against book he clearly didn't read.David Horowitz insists picture of stoning in Iran he uses for "Terrorism Awareness" legit; still of stoning is from classic Dutch movie. Horowitz disappears blog post. Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:36:35 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEApyVZpEFsoqAKtYz.php According to the NYT:Under a program developed by a Defense Department warfare unit, Army snipers have begun using a new method to kill Iraqis suspected of being insurgents, planting fake weapons and bomb-making material as bait and then killing anyone who picks up them up, according to testimony presented in a military court.If this is true (caveats buried later in the article: it emerged as part... Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:03:33 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEApVylAkuSmZKCfyY.php Jewish pirate jokes:Q: What is a pirate’s favorite Israeli newspaper? A: Yedi’ot. (You probably thought it was Ha’ARRRRRetz, but that’s far too intellectual for the average pirate.) Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:35:24 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEApVyEuEZsLPkgkBa.php Via my dad. Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:30:17 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEApFVAlyllusdLUSA.php Newt Gingrich, on making a Second Life appearance: Second Life is a more sophisticated extranet... It is so compelling that people actually spend real money to buy real estate in this online reality. I don't care if it makes me sound more conservative, in a way, than Newt. What exactly makes this "compelling"? People's bizarre willingness to pay for virtual property is what gives us great things... Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:31:08 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEApFVlVuADnHahMdP.php And probably the best one so far: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:09:09 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEApFuykplvOWnBHAn.php Senate votes to condemn MoveOn Nice to know they're making good use of their time... Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:43:28 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZAVAkkAZtcbTdYHJ.php "Poll results" from Michelle Malkin's site, demonstrating incontrovertibly that almost all Republicans are opposed to the Bush/Kennedy/McCain Immigration Bill. Nice to know she's making good use of her Oberlin degree. Sat, 19 May 2007 12:31:37 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZAuAlpZkdpwhGmiO.php "Do you really want to vote for a guy who doesn't have a publicly accessible myspace profile?" Assuming you are old enough to vote and a supporter of Giuliani, then I would hope so. But it would be nice if the feller would open his Myspace up, if only so I could add his friends count to my super-geeky Web 2.0 Presidential Primary Indicators table. Fri, 18 May 2007 10:21:12 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZllEyVpEvaSktnKu.php As much as I love the internet and what it brings to politics, can we please have a moratorium on using the names of websites or Web 2.0 services as verbs except in cases where a significant number of Americans are at least somewhat familiar with the site in question? Twitter is no Google, and, while I haven't yet brought it to a focus group, I'm pretty sure the word 'Twittering' makes most people... Thu, 10 May 2007 13:01:41 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZZpAkkuZLtELsIxo.php This is the sort of thing Rick Santorum's been warning us about. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:04:07 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZyulZuElCCHVojIj.php And if I die--God forbid--I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, "Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"-Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:03:38 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZykZpAFlxRwrlWQj.php Shorter Michelle Malkin: It is Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson's responsibility to protest offensive lyrics in rap music. Because, well, I think you know why... You might find this argument stupid on its face, perhaps noting that even a rap artist as brilliant as Mims (Malkin's rather selective citation leaves out the best rhyme in the whole song, by the way: "I'm hot cause I'm fly, you ain't cause... Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:55:38 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZVuyFyEAiygZndCb.php Michael Ledeen, on legislators' recent trips to Syria:Heaven forfend anyone in Congress should hate a dictator.Heaven forfend, indeed. The trick is to hate the dictator, but sell arms to him anyway. At least he did criticize both Pelosi and the Republican contingent for their visits, unlike Bill Kristol. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:40:19 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZVFZFlyZXyclpuex.php For some reason I've recently embarked on the project of aggregating a bunch of data on the popularity of presidential primary candidates on social networking and futures trading sites. You can check it out here; the question of whether or not this is completely useless is an exercise left to the reader. Personally I think that the exact vote counts will be proportional to each candidates' number... Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:44:27 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZuukVuFVaHzcUWir.php Via Hit & Run, a graphic that is simply astounding: (graph by Kieran Healy, using 2005 data, which seems to still be the latest available) Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:17:00 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZFAlklkpnieRpFwB.php Jonah Goldberg was actually pretty quick about correcting his post on this "decline in US troop casualties" story when he realized that it was totally and completely bogus. But why did he and half the right-wing blogosphere trust a Kuwaiti state-run news agency's reporting in the first place, anyway? If the fact that it was transparently dubious reporting from a state-run news agency were not enough,... Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:20:20 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZkVVkAFkDronVQqR.php Are you the kind of person who listens to Harry and the Potters for the first time and thinks "man... I need something exactly like this -- only in METAL? Say hello to He-Who-Must-Not- Be-Named. And if that's not enough for you: The Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club, with net proceeds going to the First Book charity. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:08:52 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZkklAAuAVPYrKSBy.php William Kristol, responding to a statement that David Geffen apparently made recently:Hillary Clinton was cruising along, raising big money, triangulating on Iraq, rounding up supporters who felt they had little choice but to sign on. And then Geffen spoke up. Suddenly Democrats all over the country may be thinking to themselves, "Well, what about that? Why exactly do we have to be for Hillary anyway?... Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:05:49 EST http://www.catalyzerjournal.com/cnews/newsid/EEZkElAEklmTnzTqRL.php For my first post in several months, I'd like to ask anyone who may or may not be reading this: how, barring cannibalism, does one manage to fall victim to "2nd-Hand Obesity"? A quick glance at the website of the "National Action Against Obesity" campaign (which proposed a boycott of Girl Scout Cookies and actually appears to be a well-funded, non-satirical operation) raises that question and many... Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:05:28 EST