A broken clock is right twice a day, and the GOP talking point that Kerry isn't running much on his actual governing record (not that Bush is, either) has some truth to it. Senators are problematic as presidential candidates because the kind of compromises and...
Author: djw
David Neiwart is a really smart and interesting guy. His journalism is almost always worth reading. His book on the patriot (read: militia) movement here in the Pacific Northwest is.
Last night was perhaps the best since the Henry Bonilla. Catch the replay if you missed it. Fortunately, Atrios captures one of the best bits. One thing this SBVT stuff has.
From a U.S. News gossip column, via Kos: Bushies say that several performers, including [Lee Ann] Womack, Randy Travis, and even 1970s rock band Foghat have offered to tour to offset Bruce Springsteen 's pro-Kerry tour with fellow performers Jackson Browne, Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, R.E.M., and...
Since the horrors of Abu Ghraib were made public, we've witnessed numerous bizarre rhetorical coping strategies. The "a few bad apples" defense defies common sense as well as emerging evidence,.
I've been letting myself get a bit too optimistic about November, so it's time to discuss some possible reasons for pessimism. First, via Daniel Geffen, I direct your attention to this post.
A short month ago, this approximately 0% of this blogs authors could plausibly affix a "Dr." in front of their names. That percentage has grown at an alarming rate, and now stands at roughly 67%. If you prefer to get your commentary from only the...
David Locke actually tackles an issue that the toadying local sports media generally won't touch: the Mariner's persistent inability to develop minor league position players. He identifies only five "impact".
Paperwight does an excellent job of limning Randy Cohen's ridiculous "Ethicist" column from this Sunday in the NYT Magazine. The key is here: Randy Cohen doesn't even bother to address the first part.
Rob pointed out some time ago in this forum that when it comes to state-building, we should probably not expect the job to be done competently by those who have no faith whatsoever in the positive power of the state--those who treat state power as...
One of the unfortunate misunderstandings about environmental politics is that it's an issue of interest for the wealthy and the white--those for whom nature is a playgound they want the.
One reason I've not been posting lately is that I've spent entirely too much time drinking and recovering from drinking over the last few days. At any rate, through the.