Jon Chait recently observed that the recent practice is for Republican politicians to conclude their climate change trooferism gibberish with the punchline "I'm not a scientist." This works for the medical profession too. Let's say you're a Republican politician, and are not surprisingly a hateful...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Roger Pielke Jr.
While I don't retract my specific criticisms of Maureen Dowd's column, I should make clear that I strongly agree with Rebecca Schoenkopf that the underlying issue of edible marijuana is.
Apparently, in addition to being silly, Maureen Dowd's shock that pot brownies have a delayed reaction was also made up. Who among us wouldn't be surprised, unless they had any familiarity with Dowd's extensive history of inventing things to fit whatever a priori narrative she...
Your browser does not support iframes. Above: He's not a major league player anymore, but he always plays hustling, heads-up baseball! The run differential/payrolls of some selected teams so far:.
I'm tempted to use my unprecedented and almost certainly never-to-be-repeated 12-2 prediction record so far to pick an upset. As I said after the last round, the Rangers are a.
I'm quite puzzled by Rebecca Schuman's piece defending the Obama administration's proposed universal rating system for higher ed. I certainly agree that the problems the ratings purportedly address are real. As Paul has argued at substantial length, the current system -- under which...
Hadley Arkes has yet another argument that a few people deciding not to give commencement speeches represents a major challenge to free speech because something. His argument does, it must.
Matt Miller's emulation of Mickey Kaus has ended in humiliating defeat, with Miller finishing behind three serious candidates as well as New Age guru Marianne Williamson. (But I was assured.
As many of you know, I'm not much of a fan of the Chief Justice's "minimalism," but if it can prevent the reading of various neoconfederate restrictions on the power of the president and Congress to make and execute treaties into the Constitution, I approve....
One would think that Paul's observations on Zizek's remarks about teaching would be unassailable. But among other things personality cults generate defenses of the transparently indefensible, so Bob is Boring.
From the description of a new biography of traitor in defense of slavery (although he privately opposed them both, Scout's honor!) Robert E. Lee: In Clouds of Glory: The Life.