Speaking of idiotic arguments, Yglesias points to this little gem by Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer on the DLC website. The argument is ostensibly aimed at a bipartisan "elite", but it becomes clear that the authors definition of that term is roughly similar to that...
Month: May 2006
shorter verbatim Our Lady of the Dolphins I: "What was needed was a definitive statement: As of this moment we will control our borders, I'm sending in the men, I'm.
As I've said before, the Republican Party will not repeal the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But what matters is not just that the statute remains on the books, but how.
Last year, the 6th Circuit held that Ohio's investment tax credit--which offers corporations a 13.5% credit against the state franchise tax--violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. 6CA cited a number of prominent Supreme Court precedents, most notably Westinghouse v. Tully, which held that a...
On the event of wishing Ezra Klein a belated 22nd birthday, let me sink to my knees and abase myself before any deity or deities that may exist in thanks.
...renewed.
Is the FBI's spying authorized by the Patriot Act? Nope--it's illegal. I agree with Roy; when it comes it Israeli imports I say we feed women, not xenophobia. Although this diet would be going a little too far. (Jeez, and they didn't even take the...
Again from Defense News:With the cost of oil near $75 a barrel and rising, nuclear propulsion is now cheaper than oil for some of the Navy's larger ships, Bartlett said.Nuclear.
Really interesting article in Defense News (sadly, subscription required) about Iranian and US naval plans in case of war. The Iranians seem to be gaming a guerilla at sea approach,.
It's true, of course, that Yglesias and Chait are both right. But both leave out my favorite part about "small government" supply-siders. Here, remember, are their premises: government should be smaller and less intrusive cuts to marginal tax rate produce more revenues Therefore, the desirable...
Insty links, in characteristically laconic style, to this comment:The Roman Legion was organized to fight in lines, averaging maybe 6 to 8 men deep. In battle the man at the.
Tomorrow I'll have a thoughtful post about the spurious use of "religious freedom" to defend bigotry and inequality. In the meantime, how about some bare contempt for people who must.