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 profile they did of him in 2012. Way to go, Florida. Way to go. (And yes,...
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.
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 union jobs lost in meatpacking. Bill Clinton. Now I don't want to pick on dollared except...
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.
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 reasons to oppose reform, Coulter said: It would help Democrats. "You want the Democrats who want...
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.
...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. Last month, Feinstein used her position on the Senate Judiciary Committee to ensure confirmation of Bush’s...
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.
Julie Boonstra is one of the people peddling random anecdotes in political ads as part of the Republican campaign to deny non-wealthy people access to affordable health care. Her story.