Informed Speculation

Thanks to the Country Pundit for pointing it out… Timothy Goddard has a counter to Captain Ed… Okay, I’m on the road for a bit…see ya soon!…

The always excellent Mickey Kaus wonders why the New York Times has voluntarily chosen to remove themselves from the debate and asks: Who else but reinforcement-craving Democrats would pay $49.95 a year to read Paul Krugman? Well, masochists, I guess… Coalition member The Bernoulli Effect has an excellent followup post on our merry band, with [...]

…I got to sleep in a bit as I took off work; I’ll be going out of town for my niece‘s graduation this weekend, but I will post whenever possible, so keep checking back, won’t you? Things just wouldn’t be the same without your sunny smile around here… Join me in welcoming our newest Coalition [...]

That’s what Coalition member Alexander McClure of PoliPundit says…he just may be right… James Taranto was the only charter member not to accept (or even respond), but if you’re not reading the Best of the Web daily, you should be… Speaking of the Wall Street Journal (and we were), here’s an interesting story on the [...]

The note being, ‘Don’t push your luck.’ Color me disappointed that after all the filibuster brouhaha, we’re up against yet another in a series of long delays on the John Bolton confirmation…in fact, the Anchoress is so disgusted, she’s done chillin’, so the Coalition loses its first member. That’s okay, we still love you…it’s all [...]

(If you’re new and coming from one of the generous links, here’s the original Coalition post – why, oh, why doesn’t my Blogger page link right anymore?)… To our detractors, let me just spare a brief word: don’t presume that you are any more a conservative or Republican than Coalition members. Last time I checked, [...]

Professor Bainbridge, sick of blogging about the deal (and to my regulars, we’ll get back to normal soon, don’t worry), wraps up his thoughts in an excellent article at Tech Central Station. Highly recommended (he gives the Coalition a plug, too – as well as the t-shirts (don’t wait to get yours, they’re going quick!))… [...]

Norman J. Ornstein of the AEI says that the recent debates over judges and stem cells mean the moderates are winning. This is is good a time as any to point out that the Coalition isn’t some wishy-washy centrist organization; we’re a group of people who just happen to think that the reaction to the [...]

Nor, I think, will Byron York, though he makes some good points. Noonan takes the Gang of 14 to task for their blatant love of self, and that’s true enough, but really, Peggy, when has that not been the case with Senators? Nothing new there… Please join me in saying hi to the newest coalition [...]

In true capitalist fashion, I have taken advantage of Cafe Press and its easy to use services and created a Coalition of the Chillin’ store. There are several T-shirt designs, although I personally am partial to the golf shirt and intend to order one myself. Other items can be added later if there’s a demand. [...]

Please note: this post has nothing whatsoever to do with the new American Idol, Carrie Underwood; I have simply lured you here under false pretenses to make sure you have heard of the Coalition of the Chillin’… For further evidence that the Coalition is on the right path, read this piece in the New Republic [...]

…just kidding. I am going to wrap up for tonight, though, with one more batch of new members. Once again, thanks to Ryan James for setting up the blogroll; repay him by visiting his blog, and while you’re at it, check out at least a couple of Coalition blogs a day; it’s a win-win! Watch [...]

Submitted for your approval, but if you don’t like it, read the last sentence… Whereas we, the Coalition of the Chillin’, think a lot of people are having a cow over this filibuster deal, we submit the following to our fellow Republicans, and Americans of other political stripes: it’s sometimes better to settle things in [...]

(I’m moving this to the top because my Blogger is still screwy…ay caramba…) That’s what I propose to call those of us who aren’t having a cow over fili-deal (inspired by Viking Pundit‘s excellent suggestion to take it easy, which my regular readers will know I fully endorse). I propose for charter membership: myself Viking [...]

My beagle, never having turned down a chance for self-promotion, has nominated herself as the Official Mascot of the Coalition of the Chillin’, and has taken on the honorary name ‘Chilly’…

Check back later tonight for the Coalition Manifesto and the appointment of the official mascot… Here’s where the madness began… State of Flux has joined us… Knemon is with us, and has even carved out a role for himself (see comments)… We have Lime Shurbet now… W.C. Varones joins up…

Okay, I’m not keeping up with this as well as I’d like, thanks to my Blogger template whacking out…I’ll try to get it all straight before the end of the evening… Here’s the original post… Tempus Fugit is in… Ditto doverspa…Citizen Smash lends a hand… And Hugh Hewitt has given the Coalition a mention! (though [...]

Some more have joined our little group of merry-makers (let me know if you’ve been overlooked)… Two Dogs… Bill at INDC Journal…Brainster… Scott Elliott has accepted!… Tinkerty Tonk… The Buzz Blog… Dangerous Dan…Linda Chavez has been proposed, but has not been contacted (yet)… Robert Kuttner of the Boston Globe provides Coalition fodder (hat tip to [...]

…we’d conquer the world if it didn’t take so much effort. Argan Argar is in… The Radical Centrist,too… On the other hand: John Hawkins of Right Wing News is definitely not in (see his comments on the original post below)… Disappointingly, James Taranto has his Best of the Web up, and has not responded… And [...]

If you’ve come from the link provided by the great Instapundit and landed here, please click here…my Blogger page has picked the worst time to crap out and go goofy…and welcome!… Blogger is just chewing my template all to hell, for some reason…I’m losing chunks of code right and left, and my counters are all [...]