How Do You Dress?
You'll find varying degrees of dress - or dressiness, if you like - on the political Right. Claremont fellow, Michael Anton, I am told, is a fastidious dresser. This is evidenced, not just by anecdotes I've heard from colleagues, but by pictures of the man himself. He looks more a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, than a conservative academic. Similarly, Roger Stone, a beyond-eccentric fellow, with his rather unsettling back tattoo of Richard Nixon, has always been something of a men's fashion influencer. His - what looks to be defunct - fashion blog, Stone on Style , used to feature an annual "Best and Worst Dressed" list, wherein Stone, with what appears to be a well-trained eye for classy dress, celebrates and lambastes the looks of contemporary stars and television personalities. Some on the Right, however, prefer a more relaxed, or rather, shabby look. I was intrigued by one of Jude Russo's blog posts for The Lamp titled New Pants. In it, Russo