What Amanda said: President Obama, despite having a mostly feminist policy record, occasionally screws it up on a personal level. Yesterday, this side of him peeked out when he called California's attorney general Kamala Harris "by far, the best looking attorney general," though at least...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Pernetti is, finally, fired for his belief that physical abuse and homophoblic slurs used against his players wasn't really a problem as long as the evidence didn't leak out. And.
Scocca's take on the odious Michael Kelly is strongly recommended: War is stupid. War kills people. War kills people in stupid ways, and in unanticipated ways, and in multiples. These.
R.I.P. ...his last column. ...some good lines. I'll have some of my own to add, but unsurprisingly the Ebert archives seem to be overwhelmed right now.
I have a longer and more detailed piece up at the Prospect considering the various possible outcomes of Prop 8 litigation. The most likely "minimalist" outcome would certainly be preferable.
For the reasons so eloquently stated by Greenhouse, just say no. DOMA should be ruled unconstitutional based on the 5th Amendment, not on neoconfederate visions of federal power.
IB in comments is almost entirely correct: This whole thread is reminding me why, in 2008, I so preferred Obama to Clinton during the primary campaign. The two candidates were nearly identical on the issues. But Obama seemed to hire excellent people and make smart...
It's a good one: The question for someone considering whether or not to support Clinton in 2016 is, will a Clinton 2016 campaign pass the Mark Penn Test? The Mark.
This is correct. Not only should Social Security not be cut, given the failure of the 401(K) model, it should be expanded: Nowadays, whenever Social Security comes up in policy.
Let's play spot the egregious howler with Ross Douthat: Yet for an argument that has persuaded so few, the conservative view has actually had decent predictive power. As the cause of gay marriage has pressed forward, the social link between marriage and childbearing has indeed...
You may remember Steven Landsburg from such arguments as "expecting health insurance you're required to pay for to cover basic health care needs makes you a moocher, at least if.
Nicholas Stephanopoulos makes a really important point: Although it’s superficially appealing, the argument for judicial deference is wrong. The ability of gay rights groups to win ordinary political battles is.