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Month: June 2014
Shorter Verbatim Chris Matthews: "I’m telling you, I don’t hear you getting it done. The Democrats control the U.S. Senate. The Democrats control the White House. When are you going.
In the course of carrying out its secret mission as an engine of left-wing insurrection, the New York Times has put together a debate on whether its desirable for university.
Like Jamelle Bouie, I don't really think Hillary Clinton's stupid statements about wealth are really going to hurt her much in 2016. Perhaps unlike Jamelle, I don't think her continued hawkishness and that the only lesson she learned from her Iraq war vote was not...
Shorter Verbatim Yves Smith: "Paulson, who has long been an ardent conservationist (and in contrast to his alpha Wall Street male standing, lives modestly), made a forceful pitch for carbon.
[Here's Katie introducing herself for those who missed her first post. Enjoy! --SL] I feel uncomfortable “reviewing” experimental theater. I’m not sure which of my values apply; I don’t have.
When even professional wrestling calls out the Washington Racists for their actual team name, you know that some kind of corner has been turned.
But they're certainly not better, if #richkidsofinstagram is any indication: "Yes, I'd like some buffalo wings, raw, and $255 cut of steak, completely ruined, slave." Via SEK via Other Scott.
Today's opinion isn't good, but since this is the Roberts Court we're talking about it certainly could have been a great deal worse.
In my latest at the National Interest I talk about five potentially revolutionary weapon systems that never came to be: Weapons die for all kinds of different reasons. Sometimes they happen at the wrong time, either in the midst of defense austerity, or with the...
As we wait to see what atrocities the Roberts Court will inflict on the country in the name of the Constitution (or perhaps dubious readings of statutes), read this terrific.
On June 23, 1855, a 19 year old slave woman named Celia murdered her master rather than allow him to rape her. She then attempted to burn his body, nearly.