I doubt Pravda was ever more egregious.On the sixth day of Hate Week, after the processions, the speeches, the shouting, the singing, the banners, the posters, the films, the waxworks, the rolling of drums and squealing of trumpets, the tramp of marching feet, the grinding...
Month: May 2009
The real scandal is that he ordered his burger medium well.
How about that: Arlen Specter managed to find the limits of the Democratic leadership's willingness to tolerate egregious wankery. That's pretty special. (And in fairness to Specter, I didn't think.
Longtime readers of The Duck of Minerva are surely familiar with Dan Nexon's important work on Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago that hosts the Doomsday Global Seed Vault. Located on the island of Spitzbergen, the vault -- which is built into the side of a sandstone...
OK that would be an unfair characterization of this Richard Cohen column.Slightly unfair:We should never confuse unfair with illegal. Still it would be nice if every once in a while.
The State Secrets Privilege has been receiving an enormous amount of attention lately, mainly in connection with the Obama administration's invocation of the privilege in the Jeppesen case. This invocation,.
The 2010 Republican Senate primary may end up being the most entertaining race in the country. Last week, Republicans supporting Secretary of State Trey Grayson leaked word that Jim Bunning was planning to retire, rather than contest the Republican primary. It appears, however, that no...
What Ezra, Digby, Eisgruber, and Atrios said:...the explicit conversation and subtext suggesting underlying assumptions about race and gender in our world shows just how stupid and/or racist and misogynistic the.
Certain candid obesity researchers will tell you in private, especially if you get a couple of G&Ts into them, that yeah, there really isn't any increased mortality risk associated with.
This is the 19th installment of our 20 part series on George Herring's From Colony to Superpower. Erik had the honors this week; check out his post first.Reagan's approach to Latin America was a touch more brutal than his immediate predecessors, but the disregard for...
Although the 2009 swine flu appears to have proven itself the Fred Thompson of pandemic disease, this is nevertheless quite cool.(Via)
Given Joe Biden's promotion, Al Franken's new job, and an upcoming Supreme Court Senate confirmation hearing, it would be almost criminal for NBC not to put this video up on.