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Making the fallacy of false dilemma pay

David Brooks gives us an example today. He entitles his piece "Revolt of the Nihilists" and thus presents us with a false dilemma. You are either with us (for the bailout) or against us. And if...

Shots from the Show 9/30

**This post will be updated throughout the show** Rasmussen: Just 26% Have Confidence That Lawmakers Know What They’re Doing in Economic CrisisAn unusual VP debate -- it actually mattersSweet...

Hugh Hewitt: The Destructocrats

Why did Nancy Pelosi sink the rescue package and Barack Obama and Harry Reid allow her to do so?The harshest voices in the leftosphere were certainly screaming at her. Kos posted "Pelosi thinks...

The Plan: An Argument for Localism

According to a soubriquet originally awarded by John Stuart Mill, but which has stuck, the British Conservative Party is “the stupid party”. Conservatives have themselves often invoked their...

The Top 7 Bad-Ass Babes of Cinema - SPIKE

There’s a lot to love about action films. The stupid plots, the predictable explosions, and – if you’re lucky – the bad-ass babes. The babes that wear the pants in the movie who shoot, maim and blow...

Manny fires back at Boston

Former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez, who has tempered his comments on Boston and the Red Sox since being traded to the Dodgers in mid-season, had plenty to say to T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles...

John Ferrell Burkett Accused of Planting Drugs on Estranged Wife

Divorce can be ugly. But when you decide to set up your ex just to make sure that he or she does not get anything, well, that is just plain stupid. Especially if you include others in your plan. John...

Nugent Celebrates Hunting Season with Missive

You are browsing images from the article:Nugent Celebrates Hunting Season with Missive" target="_blank"<Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent has marked America's National Hunting and Fishing Day (27Sep08)...

Michelle Chase: "I kind of want to be seen as a mousy, skinny girl who isn't very strong"

Michelle Chase is many things: a boxer, a DJ, a music producer, and a charity founder. She was the last person I talked to that Saturday, and I was her last interview; perhaps because of that, she...

Corinne Kaplan: "I just want the money"

Corinne Kaplan is smart, articulate, occasionally funny, and unapologetically awful. When we talked, she was pretty much already angry at everything: Africa (she said it looked just like Florida,...