Month: January 2010
Sad, but true. I'm particularly wary of trying to construct an argument that the filibuster is unconstitutional using the same kind of logic that's used to argue that health care.
Awful, awful news in Haiti. [via the TD, who has links to aid agencies.)
(1)If Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by the Iranian government because he was reportedly sympathetic to opponents of it, would that terrorism?(2) If on the other hand he was working.
This is somehow reminiscent of this and this.
The brutal truth is that even a political scientist can sometimes enjoy a gossipy account of public figures, and sometimes a focus on people can reveal useful things. The Brethren,.
Thank heavens, that after years of fluffing incompetents and war criminals, Brian Williams has discovered the gumption to attack History's Second Greatest Monster for his role in the Worst Scandal.
There's not much to add to what Ta-Nehisi Coates has to say about the false equivalence between Trent Lott's segregationist nostalgia and Harry Reid's linguistic incompetence. Still, it's worth remembering.
Sad news. Glenn has some nice quotes and images.