Yesterday, I wrote about the pending execution of Warren Hill, who Georgia was on the verge of executing despite the fact that he had an IQ of 70. In another example of the glories of federalism, the Court's 2002 Atkins precedent has been rendered virtually...
Author: Scott Lemieux
You may remember that when Dylan Byers rushed to the defense of various hacks who were attacking Nate Silver, various oxygen-using limb-walking-on urban elitists made him look ridiculous. And a.
You may remember Mark Judge from such Konservative Komedy Klassics as "the unknown person who stole my bike must have been a shiftless Negro" and "Bryce Harper is a hustling.
In my amusement over the "Wittgensteinian village" silliness, I failed to note the even larger silliness of the article. As Jessica Grose points out, the "trend" it identified was "middle class+ white people with kids are moving to the suburbs." This is roughly as much...
As Paul has already mentioned, Ronald Dworkin, a giant in the fields of jurisprudence and moral philosophy, has passed away. Dworkin was perhaps, with John Hart Ely, the last of.
There are several good points in Phoebe Maltz Bovy's analysis: While many understand the intern to be well-off and female, the issue has traditionally been discussed in terms of class,.
It seems like the Hagel nomination will really only be held up. As Johnathan says, where things are really going to get crazy is if Obama or another Democratic president is in a position to replace Scalia or Kennedy.
Maker's Mark will not be watered down. I find it hard to believe that UK getting their doors blown off by Tennessee and this heartening development are coincidental. ...via DJA,.
Uh, what? Indeed, the sturdy, retro, all-American character of the river towns fits well with the whole Filson/Woolrich heritage-brand aesthetic. People who set their cultural compass to the Brooklyn Flea.
What Amanda says: At my high school, the belief was that boys lost their ability to perform well in school if they saw more than an inch above a girl's knee, and in some more religiously conservative communities, general thinking goes that a glimpse of...
Ted Cruz really is doing an impressive imitation.
One of our commenters objects to my Mickey Kaus goat joke. For those not aware of all internet traditions, this refers to the logic Kaus frequently employed in his assertions.