As most of you know, Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend. His explanation -- that he fired 4 shots though a closed bathroom door because he thought there was in intruder behind it -- is both 1)implausible in the extreme (sure, whenever I hear someone in a...
We all know that the Chinese environment is just a bit degraded. And then there's this of course: But luckily the Chinese government has a hot new plan to solve.
Andrew Gelman gets it exactly right about David Brooks's attempt to lash back at being thoroughly humiliated by Nate Silver without responding directly. Anybody who reads sportswriting has seen Brooks's.
The NCAA, an organization with such open-decision making practices and clear accountability as to provide lessons to the mafia, is forcing a University of Minnesota wrestler to give up his music career or be declared ineligible for profiting off his own image. Can we please just...
Utah wins Crazy State of the Day, as a bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons without a permit--that's right, without a permit--passes through a House committee. It's real hard.
This bold step into the latter third of the 19th Century was declared official by the National Archivist on February 7. Of this year. As in, precisely two weeks ago:.
Tonight's exploration of American culture's underbelly is brought to you by Roger Hallmark and The Thrasher Brothers, who I think had the most sophisticated response to Iranian Revolution imaginable.
My latest at the Diplomat concerns Karzai's limitations on the use of coalition airpower in support of ANA operations: Given that Afghan Army ground forces have yet to demonstrate a.
Melissa Gira Grant provides an excellent overview of the history of sex work in the United States before about 1920. Highly recommended read.
There's a reason that Bob Beckel's job is to represent "liberals" on Fox News. On the off-chance that he stumbles onto a progressive position you can be sure he'll defend it so incompetently Roger Ailes will be very happy he's nominally not on his side.
There's been a lot of discussion about "saving" the labor movement in recent weeks. Two particular pieces to point out. First, Josh Eidelson hosted a forum at The Nation that.
Two Fourth Amendment cases yesterday, with one dubious search upheld and another thrown out. As I say at the link, the cases also indicate a couple of important things about.