Stupid test. Via Lindsay.The things I am mildly surprised at are:I'm a little bit farther toward the libertarian on the liberty/authority divide than I expected.I'm more of an asshole than I had previously believed (Altruism 1, Co-operation 5). Moreover, those numbers are in comparison to...
Month: July 2005
In disturbing news from frequent commenter Thad's alma mater (and, OK, I admit, mine), further evidence that cultural reactionaries always see social change as legitimate as long as it's not.
Since we're undoubtedly in for a rash of silly "contrarian" articles arguing that criminalizing abortion in at least 20 states will be good for abortion rights for some reason, I'm.
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Stromboli
As many of you know, Sandra Day O'Connor joined with Souter and Kennedy to fashion a compromise that upheld the core holding of Roe v. Wade in Planned Parenthood v..
An important point that should be kept in mind:Justice O'Connor's resignation today raises interesting questions about her political identification. If one reads many far-right wing sites, O'Connor was a liberal,.
Wow. The strange thing is that while this wouldn't have been unexpected at all last year, I was thinking so much about Rehnquist that I didn't really think about this. Anyway, this is a much more divisive and important nomination. Not, directly on Roe--which has...
Ezra brings up an interesting point about the House, which apparently likely to vote for hopeless Social Security legislation this year. On its face, this does indeed seem remarkably stupid..