R.I.P. Give him this: he put John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
Month: December 2006
Homer: Ah, not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm!Lisa: That's specious reasoning, Dad.Homer: Thank you, honey.Lisa: By your logic, I could claim that.
The incomparable James Brown, R. I. P....see also this excellent AP obit.
If you told me this game was played between a team less than one year removed from a Super Bowl appearance and another team with the best record in the league, I'd be forced to inquire as to when the NFL was demoted to the...
The North Carolina and South Dakota class battleships were designed with the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty in mind. Although much more could be accomplished in 1938 with 35000.
In this holiday season, it's nice to see yet another stinging defeat in the courts for Kansas' former Immolater of Privacy General Phil Kline.
With respect to the Ackerman/Farley/Lemieux debate, a formerly ambivalent Kevin Drum (along with Mona) comes down squarely in the Ackerman camp. Yglesias and Atrios disagree, and of course I still do. A couple of additional points:The reason that letting them having their surge won't really...
. . . December 23 is the holy day of Festivus. Happy holidays, to the extent that such things are possible. For the ritual Airing of the Grievances, use the.
Nice to see Bob Somerby on board:Again, when we talk about what is “appealing” and authentic,” we enter extremely subjective territory. And oh yeah—we validate the type of discussion the.
Speaking of amusing front matter, I enjoyed the following, the first paragraph of the preface of a major American political theorist's first book: This book began as a doctoral dissertation, which is warning enough for the experienced. To the usual faults of dissertations I have...
I dug into this exchange between Max Boot and Geoffrey Wheatcroft with some mild enthusiasm. Boot, while often wrong, at least tends to be interesting and is well-informed about military.
Read Brad Plumer's excellent article on the Houston janitorial strike, and what it may portend for union organizing in the South. Plumer has this interesting paragraph, which got me thinking:So.