Month: August 2012
Ethan Bronner has a very good article about how, despite the debacle of 2000, the U.S. still has a grossly inadequate voting system. Obviously, the fact that Florida's inability to.
Ten years ago the SCOTUS ruled that executing mentally retarded people was unconstitutional, but it did so in a fashion that allowed the states a lot of practical leeway in.
What happens when 2 influential right-wing loons decide to declare war on each other? Let's get the popcorn ready! If Frank Gaffney gets his way, Grover Norquist won't be at.
I don't want to make David Sirota's latest Salon column sound more coherent than it is, but the main points seem to be: The US shouldn't send its best athletes.
Five years ago today, the I-35 bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, killing 13 people. The state of our infrastructure remains abysmal, with future disasters likely. We could fix all of these.
Shorter Verbatim Crazy Stanley Kurtz: "President Obama is not a fan of America’s suburbs. Indeed, he intends to abolish them." His "evidence" for this is...Christ, you don't want to know.
This is probably necessary:
James Holmes asks us to crowdsource a name for China's "it's new to you" aircraft carrier, having correctly noted that "ex-Varyag" is getting old: Our friends in Beijing are evidently.