Religion & Ethics @ UofVirginia. Seven days, not one in seven. Each thing is what it is, not another thing. Aspiring to be more of a question than a comment.
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Charles Mathewes retweeted
The Dem statewide lead is going to be close to 20,000 ballots by day’s end, a 5 percentage point lead over Repubs. I’ll try to get a brief post up later.
Very bad weekend for Rs during a two-day period they dominated in 2022.
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Around 1500, Hieronymus Bosch painted sheet music on a sinner's bare butt in hell. 500 years later, someone transcribed and performed it. Now you can hear the original butt song from hell.
I guess they've decided to lie flagrantly, instead of trying to hide it. Easier, anyway.
We are moderate liberals, and our books contain moderate liberal ideas.
Data Republican, Curtis Yarvin, Nick Land, Martin Sellner, Steve Sailer, Paul Gottfried, John Derbyshire, Justin Lee, Taki, and the rest of our authors are moderate liberals.
Is publishing the original text of The Hardy Boys radical?
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Lots of people are asking me where to give their money - if you can only do one race, I’d give what you can to @MaryPeltola
Several reasons:
1) It’s a small state, so your money goes further per expected senate vote
2) Direct donations buy 19x ads per dollar than committees due to the unit rule - this also frees up the DSCC and SMP to put their money on states with smaller IE/coord ad price spreads and frees them up to spend more on digital
3) it’s likely going to be close!
It’s not too late! Any money you send today will get spent immediately and will provide real relief to an overworked campaign workers across a bunch of orgs!
secure.actblue.com/donate/mp…
I will always have time for someone writing about Master and Commander (or O'Brian, really)
I wrote about my love for the film Master and Commander, in honour of Trafalgar Day this week spectator.com/article/in-pra…
Yep. Both Hamas and Netanyahu’s Israel achieved their objectives, and now Hamas is effectively destroyed and Israel is hugely delegitimated.
Ezra Klein: “Most Israeli Jews now see the world the way Netanyahu has long seen it. That is Netanyahu’s great victory. But it is matched by his great loss: Much of the world now sees Israel the way Gazans see it.”
nytimes.com/2026/10/25/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Here’s a look at what the early voting trends tell us (and what they don’t). mrf.lu/2H1JB
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Friday's batch is in, and VA's EV got 0.1% redder. VA's 2026 electorate is 1% bluer (again, on turnout) than 2025.
That's still a very blue electorate (~est. 7.5% left of the 2024 prez-vote margin). But it's down from when Ds were at 3.8% left of 2025.
The big tell is tmrw.
The first batch of satellite voting is in, and Rs have held Ds to a 1.1% bluer electorate than in 2025, just like yesterday. "Vibes" over the last week have been Rs starting to come out in EV nationwide; by Sunday (Friday/Saturday are the big satellite days), we'll get a good read on whether the trends during The Lull hold or not.
projects.statenavigate.com/i…
I don’t feel too inferior to other departments, and in fact, sometimes I do struggle with my own snobbery. I know I’m only one humanist, but I feel pretty good about the work I am doing, and my teaching, and what I am curating in my research.
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Good rundown from @DwayneYancey
This takeaway shouldn't be overlooked.
"8. Some legislators and other officials face potential embarrassment"
One of the state’s most powerful political figures faces charges as part of an alleged racketeering conspiracy that mostly deals with dealing marijuana. mrf.lu/2v7cH
Charles Mathewes retweeted
Important reminder: It was the @JoeBiden DoJ that opened the @SenLouiseLucas investigation.
Everyone has their own limits. Mine were crossed as he descended the gold escalator. But if you needed to wait till he defended people who punked on 12yo rape victims, well, better late than never.
Still, pretty sure this is just a momentary hesitation for this person
Do you think of Amy Acton as a human being? Do you hate her as a 12-year-old? Do you not care that she was raped as a child? nationalreview.com/corner/hi…
