Not shocking news, but still highly regrettable. I had thought that ESPN might keep it going just to show that they didn't need Simmons, but since the ridiculously petty editing of the NFL podcast and the ensuing boycott, it was pretty clear that the site...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Shorter Verbatim Bobo: "At this stage it’s probably not sensible to get too worked up about the details of any candidate’s plans. They are all wildly unaffordable. What matters is.
The reviews are in! Rubio dispatched Bush with a tone so understated, and almost pitying, it marked the instant and widely acknowledged death of Bush’s hopes. Rubio now inherits from.
I never thought I'd say this, but I kind of regret not watching the Republican debate live instead of the unpleasantness in Kansas City. (At least Game 1 was a great game!) Apparently, the race is going to come down to Rubio and Cruz, just...
The mainstream press can always find ways of justifying egregious abuses of power by school administrators and police, especially when the victimized students are people of color. So it should.
Replacing defined federal benefits with block grants was a terrible idea in 1995, and once the glow of the late 90s-economy faded it worked out really badly. Republicans, of course,.
Above: the Greatest Athlete to Have Ever Trodden on the Face of the Earth, With the Possible Exception of Joba Chamberlain The first ever between two expansion teams, which is kind of amazing. The Lindbergh/Keri preview is, as you would expect, excellent. The case for...
Shorter Jeb! Bush: if elected, I solemnly pledge to privatize Medicare and increase the retirement age for Social Security.
A terrific piece by Dave Jamieson, observing that life even in non-sweatshop conditions in the freelance American economy are pretty appalling: In the years since Amazon became the symbol of.
Joe Biden says Dowd has written yet another piece of fiction: In an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday night, Vice President Joe Biden attacked one of the flashpoints of media coverage surrounding his mulling of a 2016 presidential bid. “[P]eople have written...
I will have more on the case after oral argument, but Robert Barnes provides some very useful background on Foster v. Chatman: Jury selection prep work for the Georgia prosecutors.
Djw and I were conferencing in lovely Boulder this weekend, a trip that may have involved a summit meeting with a Colorado academic who may or may not be bringing.