I think the ban on the hijab in public schools and other public places in France and elsewhere is deeply misguided at best, thinly veiled racism at (much more likely) worst, but at least in that case, I understood the plausible rationale behind the policy....
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...update from davenoon, inspired by comments...
From the "subplot excised from The Road for being too disturbing and creepy" file:Four people have been arrested in Peru on suspicion of killing dozens of people in order to.
Two QOTDs:Jacob Levy:A Veteran's/ Armistice/ Remembrance Day observed on November 11 in particular shouldn't just mean a gauzy and somber honoring of live veterans and fallen soldiers. It should be in part a day of anger and horror about the particular war that ended on...
I've always found the approach to religious neutrality employed by (amongst many other countries) France, which includes a ban on religious headscarves in public schools, to be deeply misguided and.
In today's "Newt Gingrich Letter", a publication that occasionally appears uninvited in my inbox:In retrospect it is clear Dede Scozzafava should never have been nominated because she was far too.
In the process of voting, I find myself pondering "King County Charter Amendment #1: Repeal of Section 350.20.30 and Portions of Article 9 - Transitory Provisions" Here's the text in full:Shall those no longer relevant portions of King County Charter Article 9 relating to the...
At the horror show that is death penalty jurisprudence in the state of Texas has been getting some attention around here, I remember that I have been remiss in not.
Daniel Davies clearly knows a thing or two about playing the contrarian. His rules for contrarians post is, unsurprisingly, a must-read:The whole idea of contrarianism is that you’re “attacking the.
Via Rick Perlstein, I Conor Freidersdorf has a new blog, The GOP Speaks. He's sent seven innocuous, straightforward questions about the future of the Republican Party to County Republican Party leaders and officers. Their responses are posted without any further commentary or editing.
You've found the sweet spot; a compromise bill that everyone to the left of Snowe and to the right of Jay Rockefeller can support.I have no idea if Rockefeller would.
Matt Duss has a nice post on Jeffrey Goldberg's recent silliness regarding Human Rights Watch. Yesterday Goldberg, following up on a WSJ editorial, gave the impression that by talking about.