Seriously, in the wake of Iraq, we're going to claim that unilateralism produces transparent decision-making, clear objectives, and considered decision-making? Right. This is so silly I'm reminded of Brooks's assertion that Iraq War was really a Burkean endeavor...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Andrew Cohen makes a lot of good points here, although I think that the Chara hit (which was more about rink safety than anything) isn't the best example. But I'm.
In dialectic form.
Grover Cleveland asks what he asked in our comments, namely what we should make about the lack of congressional involvement in the decision to attack Libya. A few points: Obama's argument as a senator that his actions as president would violate the Constitution is a...
Shorter Wan Juilliams: "Of course NPR should be defunded. Christ, until recently they inexplicably paid me a whopping salary for the laziest and most unilluminating political commentary in the known.
My new column for the Prospect looks the forthcoming oral arguments about the Wal-Mart gender discrimination class action and the importance of Supreme Court cases that don't involve judicial review..
Since there seems to be some confusion about this in comments, I suppose I should make the obvious point that there's no principle of free speech or liberalism or even norm in the blogosphere that entitles people to a right to comment on someone else's...
All very much worth reading, and although we've already been discussing it I think he's especially good on the "but then what?" question: Launching air strikes is the easiest, most.
I figured Pitt had drawn such a feeble bracket even they couldn't choke it up. Predictably, I was very mistaken. (Also, the refs might be accused of "not letting the.
...was apparently bascially made up. Huh. It's almost enough to make be think that Caitlan Flanagan's "draw broad generalizations from apocryphal anecdotes" method lacks validity.
Probably not terribly significant -- the legislature can just re-pass the law unless the courts fail to defer to its judgment of what constitutes a budget act -- but a.
Joining convicted domestic abuser Hiram Monserrate among the four New York state Democrats who voted against same-sex marriage was Carl Kruger, an alleged shakedown artist living with his same-sex partner.