Perhaps with the exception of Scott’s post below (and the last two paragraphs are truly exceptional), this is the best blog post I’ve seen all week. All hail Lance.
Month: September 2005
Ed Thibodeau makes an argument that is increasingly common among the pro-choice community: Roe v. Wade, he argues, “is a fig leaf that can easily be blown away by the winds of political fortune.
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Lizardo and Nola
Especially in the South, the automatic equation of “Democratic” and “liberal” is utterly ludicrous.
Lauren finds this quote from Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience Wednesday that she doesn’t like the idea of being the only female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. But in
An interesting article on the great Leo Mazzone. The key to his approach can be summed up, I think, in one word–rationality. For example: Maddux There are no parachutes on your back, no cones to
Shorter Mickey Kaus: The success of political parties is based entirely on their ability to implement objectively sound public policy and ignore the demands of narrow interest groups, which certainly explains the success of the Bush Administration and the DeLay-led Republican Party. Conversely, the decline of organized labor has obviously not hurt the Democrats in […]
Admittedly, I watched the first half while writing lectures/editing overdue papers, but tonight’s Law & Order must have been the best episode in many, many years. The plot was fairly intere
I’ve discussed this in comments, but I think that it’s also worth a post. Mr. Gardner of Donklephant has repeatedly requested that someone from LGM give him a call in order to converse abo
Rob Cordry: Sounds like somebody here is unfamiliar with the work of Milton Friedman and the Chicago school. Simply put, Jon, supply side economics is when a President cuts taxes. This makes people happy, and him popular. The tax cuts deprive the government of money, and after eight years the deficit balloons to astronomical size. […]
My vote for the most unintentionally funny thing to appear on the political wing of the internets* is FactChuck admonishing the opponents of Janice Rogers Brown for using her words to imply that, she
In LGM’s Baseball Challenge, Dave Noon has retaken the lead from Erik Loomis. Expect blood to be spilled over the next couple of weeks. 1 Axis of Evel Knievel, d. noon 30962 New Mexico Alterdest