Acting against better judgment, I just read Cheney's speech, a masterwork of dishonesty founded on the assertion that torture works, that Americans should be proud of and grateful for an administration that broke the law, and that such lawlessness did nothing to undermine the nation's...
Month: May 2009
If you haven't read Hilzoy's thorough decimation of vile Republican propaganda about the Uighurs, do so now. Also, I have often been a Harry Reid defender in the past, but.
Since I've been taken to task by several commenters for neglecting my hockey blogging duties, I should note that Berube once again beat what would have been my predictions had.
There are plenty of justified ways to express contempt for Charles Krauthammer. But what Klein said was completely indefensible, and hopefully it's not just "neoconservative malingerers" who can see that.
From Wonk Room, the economic impact of an alcohol tax:- 35 percent of adults pay nothing at all.- 80 percent of drinkers pay at most $26.50 per year, about 7¢.
Scott has blogged on this a few times. I don't intend to overdraw the current parallels with the situation in 1937 (that's what the comment thread is for), but I.
Writing with respect to Ed Gillespie's preemptive defense of Republican hypocrisy over judicial appointments, Johnathan Adler comments:I understand this view, even as I lament it. I continue to believe the Senate should maintain a more deferential approach -- much like Senate Republicans adopted toward Ruth...
Upon my return from Seattle, I found this from Dana Goldstein:Rybczynski claims that only six American cities have downtowns dense enough for a mass transit-dependent lifestyle: New York (midtown and.
An outstanding article about the compounding economic obstacles faced by those living in poverty. (This is something Eherenreich's book is very good on as well.) [Via Really Big Media Ezra.]
A powerful reminder. Getting to a political universe in which it's politically viable to repeal it is a crucial task for advocates of reproductive freedom; I wish had some idea about how this change could be effected.
The illogic and desperate ad hoc exceptionally implausible counterfactuals are what make Mickey Mickey, but since when has Kaus ever needed to pretend that a sex scandal (involving a Democrat).
Over the past several weeks, a number of international relations scholar-bloggers have set forth lists of films suitable for use in an IR course. Unfortunately, most of these lists have.