Arthur Silber has another post up that quotes Alice Miller, one of the most important psychologists of our time. I have read all of her books that I can find, repeatedly, because for me, nobody else even comes close to explaining human dynamics as well as she does. She states that parents' behavior greatly affects their children, a statement so obvious that I can't believe it's under debate. Childr...

The Case-Shiller housing index has dropped like a rock. Contrarians are callinga bottom. I am still of the opinion that as long as there is a sizeable minority saying that the market has capitulated, the market has not capitulated.That's it. That's the entire post. A statement and a flip, intellectually vapid response. Which would be just fine if this were a Live Journal or Facebook page, but Megan...

Given that I do have the luxury of finding delicious vegan food andnon-leather shoes, I believe I have an obligation to do so. If that shouldchange, I will go back to eating and wearing animal products without moralregret--though with a fair amount of digestive distress.Too bad nobody eats the poor. Then maybe she'd feel a moral obligation to care about them too....

The Atlantic Monthly, on its illustrious history: (Cullen Murphy)The Atlantic Monthly saw the first stories into print of Mark Twain, Henry James, Louise Erdrich, Sue Miller, and Bobbie Ann Mason. It was to The Atlantic Monthly that a little-known writer named James Dickey came when he had something called Deliverance that he wanted to publish. There is distinction, too, in the realm of politics. T...

Via Sadly, No!, we see Richard Cohen is writing again, and the world gets a little stupider.But here is the difference between McCain and Obama — and Obama had betterpay attention. McCain is a known commodity. It's not just that he's been arounda long time and staked out positions antithetical to those of his Republicanbase. It's also — and more important — that we know his bottom line. As hi...