And we're back, just in time to finish up the first season before the fourth starts. We recorded this a few months back, so our pop culture and political references may seem dated -- as might some of our facial hair. Also, it ends with a...
That is what a former Florida "Teacher of the Year" who was sentenced to 40 years in jail for sexually assaulting a fourth grader told The Florida Times-Union in a.
At the Diplomat, I express some doubts about the LRS-B next generation bomber: What is the LRS-B for? Conflicting reports have emerged over the likely cost of the USAF’s next.
Konczal's response to the widely-discussed Adolph Reed essay makes an excellent point: This [assertion that "the two parties converging in policy"] is the kind of stuff that drives liberals up the wall, and for good reason. The two parties at this point are pushing two very...
In comments last night, dollared said this about the decline of unionized meatpacking: Allowing free immigration and mass union busting by illegal aliens. Never, ever, ever should have happened. 800,000-1M.
Which one is worse? Exhibit A Exhibit B Be sure to show your work, as partial credit will be given.
There are many, many potential stories, from fluffy to serious, that a major news organization can plausibly consider covering. "Were the many children Jerry Sandusky was convicted of raping really easily manipulated money-grubbers? Views differ!" does not strike me as one of them. ...in comments, Froley...
While I'm sure there are plenty of hilarious bits, the price that someone would have to pay to get me to watch this would seem to be prohibitive: Among other.
I have a piece in The Week about True Detective. What sort of moral responsibility do artists have not to exploit, and thereby perhaps propagate, moral panics? The aesthetic power.
One of the most predictable responses to any criticism of a heretofore socially respectable entity is that the critics have hidden and disreputable motives. The critics, it's said, want to sell something, and/or get publicity for themselves, and/or advance their careers via perverse contrarianism, or what...
...Historical item: Two months ago, Dianne Feinstein used her position on the Senate Intelligence Committee to enable passage of Bush’s FISA amendments, granting the President vast new warrantless surveillance powers..
Some of our more third party oriented commenters like to say that Obama has done nothing for workers. Well.... President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to.