Michael Kinsley is someone who wrote columns worth reading during the first Bush administration, which for some reason means that he continues to draw a healthy paycheck to bring you such insights as "mass unemployment has to make things better in the future because ice...
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As I have noted, the reactionary response to the horrors of the Gosnell clinic was to propose laws...that would make Gosnells more likely and safe first trimester abortions much harder.
The 1892 Republican platform declared the principle "that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and that.
Being an unpaid intern is great! On the one hand, you're not compensated for your work, often in blatant defiance of federal labor law. On the other hand, unless you're in Oregon you're not protected by laws against sexual harassment.
Some quality journamalism: The Associated Press previously cited an indictment stated McAuliffe had lied to a federal investigator regarding the death benefits scheme. The AP has since retracted those reports,.
Well, it's nice to see that war criminals and their most servile apologists can still enjoy a good chuckle: Dick Cheney is ready to laugh about waterboarding. Conservatives gathered at.
If you think that American democracy is insufficiently tilted towards the wealthy, the Supreme Court has good news coming for you! Lithwick has more.
It's Yellen for the Fed. Good for Obama for making what was obviously the correct choice, and good for the Senate Democrats who pushed Obama to make the correct choice.
Katie Roiphe has a very lengthy piece on Colin McGinn, which protestations-too-much that she basically supports contemporary sexual harassment policies aside is an apologia. The key problem with her argument.
I noted in my piece yesterday that in addition to having no serious basis in the Constitution the Supreme Court decision striking down the ACA's mechanism for the new Medicaid expansion doesn't create any kind of workable rule going forward: Drum may be right that...
Some more eggs have been broken as Republicans attempt to build an anti-democracy omelet out rancid ham and rusty nails: Late-breaking news, and I’ll update as I find out more:.
Kevin Drum argues, in response to Yglesias, that we shouldn't blame the Roberts Court for its decision striking down the ACA's Medicaid funding mechanism. Not because the decision isn't responsible.