Damek.

UPDATE: Ezra Klein reads my mind and pretty much addresses the same subject.
I often find myself pining for a certain way of life. In my fantasy, I live in a small city or large town, living and working within a short distance. Most of my friends live in the same area, and we [...]

We’ve had our nice new dresser for a week, and it’s fantastic. Taller, wider, and with more depth, it also has an extra two drawers (the half-sized drawers on top). We got it raw and Alex stained it herself. Go Alex! I screwed the knobs in, with the aid of Alex’s [...]

Glad to hear I won’t be missing anything by not seeing A Prairie Home Companion, according to Matt Yglesias:
The obvious turns out to be correct here — if you don’t like the show, you’ll find the film kind of dull. My vague hope that because The Player is awesome, Robert Altman would pull something magical [...]

Movement conservatism has failed in practice.
The misguided pretense based on the movement’s historical roots and the label itself that conservatism equates with caution, “muddling through,” and avoidance of unintended consequences is belied by the audacity that produced the Iraq mess, the massive and destructive tax cuts, the politicization of agencies like FEMA, the deeply unpopular [...]

[Update: A slew of fascinating comments have been posted on Glenn's post, discussing different kinds and qualities of social capital, exploring why the South is said to have less social capital, and more. Check it out!]
Glenn’s been reading Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam and shares his thoughts. It’s an interesting topic, and [...]