http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/ en-us postrel@dynamist.com Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:16:12 -0600 http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002865.html Will Wilkinson explains why he finds her sexy and what that says about female leadership. Ross Douthat is on fire on the subject. And I connect her to cowgirl glamour. (But I largely agree with Megan about what I don't... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002861.html Cross-posted from my new blog, DeepGlamour.net In an astute comment on my post on horror versus humor in McCain's "The One" ad, Jens Fiederer writes, "I don't think horror diminishes glamor, horror is a glamor of its own. Watch some... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002862.html Observations from wrestling fan, and Atlantic campaign correspondent, Mark Ambinder.... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002860.html My Internet friend Leslie Watkins writes: Well, I don't know if Palin is the reformer some claim her to be or the faux reformer others (notably a rather snarky Andrew) say she is. How can anyone know? What we read... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002859.html On his new blog, Charles Oliver imagines the possibilities.... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002858.html I realize this is a minority view, but I thought it was boring and unmemorable, good mostly because it didn't make any real news. (Bill did his part to elect Barack Obama back in South Carolina.) Two astute points from... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002855.html Cross-posted from my new blog, DeepGlamour.net John McCain isn't the only one trying to puncture Barack Obama's glamour. So is...Barack Obama. "Barack Obama is lauded as everyman at Democratic convention" is the headline on this LAT story. The exotic background,... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002854.html Cross-posted from my new blog, DeepGlamour.net Beyond the ordinary factors that give the Democrats an advantage this year, Barack Obama's glamour poses a huge problem for the McCain campaign. To destroy glamour, you have to change perceptions. You can try... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002853.html I understand why people who don't have any close gay friends or relatives think single-sex marriage is strange and disruptive. But it isn't. It's merely a way of turning de facto relationships into de jure ones. And the relationships... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002852.html If you get an email from a Facebook friend telling you that he/she has a video of you, do NOT click on the link. It's a worm. (Fortunately, I was--I think--saved by the Mac.)... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002850.html Today's LAT features this amazingly unbalanced front-page story on a proposal--driven by California's state budget crisis--to increase premiums on the state's insurance program for poor kids. Sample sentences: The state estimates that the parents of 19,000 children will end up... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002851.html The FDA will allow irradiation of spinach and lettuce.... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002848.html The intrepid Michael Totten arrived in Tblisi, Georgia, yesterday.... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002846.html Watching this ad during the Olympics, I've been puzzled and more than a little concerned. Is this how the anti-Prop. 8 campaign is spending my money? We're doomed. The commercial is mildly amusing, a little poignant, and way too... http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002843.html "Reality programming also serves as a way for a divergent culture to stay in touch." From a typically smart post by Grant McCracken....