Shorter Glenn Reynolds: Neoconservatism didn’t fail, it was never tried. From the same post, we learn that the difficulties facing the Harriet Miers nomination are evidence of success in Iraq. Via the Editors.
Month: October 2005
Jack Balkin recently discussed Epstein and Segal’s new study of judicial nominations, which suggested that the Miers nomination would be an uphill climb at best. My assumption has always been th
Kay Bailey Hutchison on potential indictments in the Plame case: I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not s
Chuckle. Although I must agree with the reviewer of Tropic of Cancer, and commend his or her ability to ignore sunk costs. I read, I think, four Henry Miller novels, and all would figure prominently on my “worst ever” list. I don’t know why I kept reading; it was kind of like repeatedly hitting myself […]
St. Maggie of the Non-Sequitur: Imagine you stand in the middle of vast, hostile desert. A camel is your only means of transversing it, your lifeline to the future. The camel is burdened– stumbl
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Yavuz Sultan Selim had an active war career. The Russian Navy has historically been crippled by exceptionally bad geography, and war with Turkey helped exacerbate the p
It’s obviously good news that the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that anti-gay discrimination in the state’s statutory rape law is unconstitutional. This would this also seem to mean that Michael M.–which ruled that statutory rape laws that exclude women from punishment are constitutional–is an effective dead letter (unless the Supreme Court overturns this decision) […]
I predict that pitching, hitting, and defense will be decisive. White Sox in 6. Let this serve as an open game 1 thread.
As Rob’s recent post notes, the presence of one team that hasn’t played in a World Series since its inception in 1962 and another that hasn’t won since the Wilson administration has
I’m trying as hard as I can to maintain my contrarian stance about Harriet Miers. (And, ultimately, I still maintain it; I still haven’t heard a persuasive argument, in specific and tangible terms, explaining why whatever damage it is that Miers would do could possibly outweigh the bad effects of having a Priscilla Owen on […]
Redbeard has some strong opinions about standardized testing and NCLB.
Ah, looks like phony First Amendment martyr Judy Miller is finally being abandoned by the Times, although this would have meant considerably more had the Times figured this out a few months ago, or ev