Author Archive | Jim Lindgren

Via Althouse and Reynolds, comes an odd N.Y. Times essay by Lauren Slater. What I found slightly disturbing was not the overall argument about her [lack of interest] in sex, but her two primary confessional stories: I met and fell in love with my husband for his beautifully colored hair, his gentle ways, his humor. […]

At his press conference this morning, Barack Obama was asked about whether he was appointing too many Clinton Administration retreads and what that means for change in his new Adminstration. He replied: “understand where the vision for change comes from. First and foremost, it comes from me.” [UPDATE: After my first posting, this quotation was […]

I have hesitated writing about the GM bailout for two reasons. First, I like GM cars; I bought two of them in March, and every car I’ve ever bought was a GM car. Second, a professor with tenure should be somewhat circumspect in writing about the jobs of people who do not have the protections […]

The New York Times has a story on Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS with the shocking revelation that the names of some potential outside investigators were vetted with Republicans. This was an (apparently scandalous) attempt both to be fair and to be seen as being fair. If Rather’s CBS group treated Republicans unfairly in its […]

Glenn notes that today is the 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht. To remind you of US sentiment at the time, consider these Gallup Poll results from Nov. 22, 1938, nearly two weeks after that night. Do you approve or disapprove of the Nazi’s treatment … Of Jews in Germany? 5.6% Approve 88.2% Disapprove 6.2% No Opinion […]

The popular vote totals are not final. On Wednesday afternoon, the margin was 6.2% and rising. The pollsters who nailed it by reporting 6-7% included Rasmussen Reports, Pew Research, FOX News, Ipsos/McClatchy, CNN/Opinion Research, and the poll aggregator 538. The worst performers were Gallup and Zogby with an 11% spread, followed by Battleground with a […]

So John Kerry is rumored to be on Obama

Rahm Emanuel is widely rumored to be Barack Obama

It is rumored that Larry Summers is at the top of Obama

I would like to join my fellow VC posters in congratulating Barack Obama on his historic victory. I have always thought him to be (as I described him before)

I’ve opened a thread for those who want to comment on tonight’s election results. Please be civil.

About a half hour ago I drove past the Obama rally site in Grant Park on the lakefront in Chicago. The police were out in force and signs indicated that Lake Shore Drive would be closed entirely by 7pm CT. I have heard that between 500,000 and a million people are expected. I can’t help […]

In comments to an earlier post, I was asked what I am proposing in order to integrate the press politically. What I do NOT suggest for the press is a “Fairness Doctrine.” 1. I suggest shaming the press into hiring journalists who have different points of view — in other words, diversity, something that news […]

In a prior post, I suggested some of the changes in party dominance of American institutions that are likely to result if (as fully expected) the Democrats win today. What we are unlikely to see over the next four years is progress on serious defects in the press and the electoral process that this election […]

Assuming a big Democratic win today, where will that leave the country? First, Democrats will add dominance of the executive branch of the federal government to their control of the legislative branch, the press, the universities, and Hollywood and the arts. The only major areas of split control are state governments, the federal judiciary, and […]