Stop it, you're killing me: The federal courts are being reshaped by the Obama presidency, thanks to the disinclination of senate Republicans to block appointees. If by "disinclination" you mean "more willing to block appointees than any Congress in history," then yes. Compounding the comedy, I...
I hope everyone enjoys America's worst holiday.
Huh -- apparently Mittens wants to remind people of the fact that if he (God forbid) had been president, GM, Chrysler (and, hence, subsequently Ford, along with countless smaller suppliers).
If there was one place where you would not expect to find sexism, it's in the awarding of the National Humanities Medals. Given that the choices for these awards are sometimes on merit and sometimes political (seriously, during the Bush years, winners included Shelby Steele, Art...
Interesting results from the TRIP survey on IR scholars: It turns out that in the case of using military force against Iran, thirty percent of self-identified realists advocate the use.
It's official. Should the expected referendum ensure, hopefully this time the "put fundamental rights up for a plebiscite" strategy will fail as well. Meanwhile, in the competition for the very.
Joseph Kugelmass' thoughtful response to my Whitney Houston post is instructive: Most celebrity deaths are not emotional events for me. I cared a lot more about Amy Winehouse’s death than I do about Whitney Houston’s death, for two simple reasons. I like a lot of Amy...
According to the always reliable John J. Miller, "[a] study says that black students take easier courses than white students at Duke University." He offers the following as his pull-quote: Although.
This theme has certainly cropped up here at LGM from time to time, generally with reference to aesthetic affairs. It applies to politics, too, as this excellent post from Rich.
With respect to how Kennedy is likely to rule on the Prop 8 case, a few additional points. First, in response to Murc here, I should make it clear what I'm not arguing, namely that Reinhardt's opinion will somehow be able cleverly manipulate Kennedy into supporting...
I confess to having paid almost no attention to the GOP "race," in part because my two favorite prognosticators of such things have been saying for quite some time that.
The New York Times' Disunion series continues to be absolutely fantastic, even if it doesn't get the publicity it did when the series started. And I've been reading Kevin Levin's.