Fer Chrissakes:One of the favored ways in which the relentless and well-funded anti-choice machine is making its way into government is the "choose life" license plate scam. Part of the funds from selling the plates go to the state, but a portion also goes to...
Month: May 2006
Ah, nice to see that Big Media Matt has finally messed the hair of the night and come around to the correct position that salary caps are about putting money.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson and Starbuck
To amplify Amanda's post on the exploding of Newsweek's "women over 40 never get married for the first time" myth, Jeff Zaslow has an excellent article which further elaborates on the article's perniciousness--in particular, what he correctly identifies as the original article's "core message" that...
One addendum to the verdicts in the Enron case: apparently a central issue on appeal will be the burden of proof required by the jury instructions, which was the issue.
At CT, Harry is contemplating the possible ways out of the hypocrisy charges that would seem to accompany divorced opponents of gay marriage. Along the way, he considers one possibility:One.
Lay and Skilling--guilty. My understanding is that--particularly with respect to Lay--this was would be difficult case to get across to a jury, so a terrific job by the prosecution. (For the larger story, I strongly recommend Eichenwald's book, which is grimly fascinating.)
Shorter Patrick Healy: Your sex life is highly relevant to discussions about political figures. If you're a Democrat. And, of course, in his (admittedly selective) obsession Healy follows the priorities.
Fascinating: apparently feminist women can also be heterosexuals. And I'm afraid that this earth-shattering insight can be found not in tossed-off filler in a bad junior high school newspaper, but.
I understand that we are currently suffering from some technical difficulties. Without getting into too much detail, I blame the University of Washington. If it doesn't clear up in an hour or so, I'll take more vigorous action.UPDATE: Problem solved.
Shorter Gregg Easterbrook: "Having finally accepted the truth of global warming after denying it for many years, I don't understand why Al Gore would make a film explaining the science.
Dean Dad:Anyway, the metric system at that time came off as a sort of effete, Euro-Modernist import, shoved down the throats of Real Americans by the same smug coastal elites.