As a general rule, I try to refrain from commenting about Kentucky Democratic politics. The most important reason for this rule is that Kentucky folk are psycho about their politics. They will engage in remarkably vicious knife-fights over the merits of candidates who seem, to...
Month: July 2009
Now that we've had one African-American president and one Latina woman in Supreme Court history, we should ignore racism and its effects entirely, and let's gut civil rights law while.
This is certainly right on the merits:For Gingrich and his allies, the health care debate wasn't really about health care: it was about destroying the power of a Democratic President.It's.
9/11 ex-Democrats are pikers compared to this guy.
Obit here. I liked his books back in the day, and I'm certain it had nothing to do with growing up Irish Catholic in the US.
This describes my comprehension of cricket, at least until the 2005 Ashes. I learned to appreciate the game, I know the rules, but I'll admit that tactics and strategy still,.
Yep, pretty much. [More here.]...And more here.
Despite what happened to Rany after this, Jerry should stick to his guns here:Manuel poked fun at the team's beleaguered medical staff when asked about Gary Sheffield's status after Sheffield.
It appears that the UK MoD rejected several opportunities to shore up its helicopter fleet:Defence ministers spurned three separate deals to buy American Black Hawk helicopters which would have helped.
I wrote a little while ago about the exclusionary rule in Canada. As Mckingford recently noted in comments, with respect to the case that was the centerpiece of the Liptak article, the Supreme Court of Canada voted 6-1 to overrule the lower courts and exclude...
While I happily voted for Safeco Field back in the day (1995 I think), I have always believed that public subsidies for sports stadia is a dodgy pursuit at best..
Roy with a tribute and a summary of the reaction, classy and otherwise.