Not content, apparently, with commemorating people willing to kill hundreds of thousands in defense of slavery, Republican governors have now embraced gunpowder chic by asking their supporters to "Remember November." I agree with Josh Marshall that this is pretty shocking, especially coming from people who...
Author: davenoon
Conservatives have evidently worked themselves into something of an incoherent snit over the FDA's plans to limit sodium in processed foods. If I understand the anxiety correctly, a cooperative effort.
Well, sheeeeeeeeeeyit. It's Treason-in-Defense-of-Slavery Heritage Month again, so I suppose we need to remind people like Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell what the "shared history" of Virginia's Confederate heroes actually entailed..
An egg appears, at first sight, a very trivial thing, and easily understood. Its analysis shows that it is, in reality, a very queer thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. Primitive accumulation. A free market economy generates vast and enduring inequalities of wealth....
The British journalist Simon Singh received excellent news yesterday when an appeals court ruled that he was not necessarily committing libel by describing chiropractic care as "bogus." Singh's should have.
So how many babies can we expect to be conceived at Douchestock?
Kevin Levin has been having some fun with Larry Schweikart's recently published -- and oddly titled -- 48 Liberal Lies About American History. (I mean, only 48? Seriously? He couldn't find two more? Clearly, he hasn't reviewed the latest scholarship on George Washington's ursine sex...
I'm not sure how Ben Stein's understanding of Constitutional law compares with his understanding of science or the convolutions of the market, but he certainly has a flair for atom-splitting.
In light of Rep. Paul Broun's nutty invocation of the "Great War of Yankee Aggression" the other day, it's good to see that actual Confederate wannabees aren't completely losing their.
Kathy Olmsted has a fine list of standout moments in the clinical history of Richard Nixon's presidency. Though we could toss a dart at the White House transcripts or select random audio excerpts and strike paydirt, it occurred to me that a few of Nixon's...
Peter Lipson has an interesting post about the unsurprising failures that naturopathic peddlers have faced in the wake of the Haitian catastrophe. Apparently, people wallowing in the aftermath of a.
Faster, South Carolina, faster!South Carolina will no longer recognize U.S. currency as legal tender, if State Rep. Mike Pitts has his way.Pitts, a fourth-term Republican from Laurens, introduced legislation earlier.