Thomas Schaller has an article in the American Prospect about a forum he participated in at Yearly Kos with Dave “Mudcat” Saunders, a political consultant specializing in how Democrats can appeal to voters in the South. Schaller makes the point that if we talk about problems the Democrats are having we’re talking about white southerners […]
Month: June 2006
Maha says all that needs to be said in re: the ridiculous touts of “new” WMD discoveries by various Republican operatives: I keep reading, and find that this is not a new discovery, but an
Radley Balko’s post about Scalia’s Orwellian citations made me think of two points I neglected in my previous post on the subject: Scalia’s causal logic is, indeed, bizarre–the
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new protocol that would allow companies to make proxy materials — large, thick stacks of paper — available to investors on the internet instead of mailing individual packets to thousands of shareholders. AAO Weblog points out that one “consumer advocate” fears that such a plan would harm […]
I’m late with this, as usual — everyone’s probably already seen Yglesias’s pointer to the Washington Post’s review of Ron Suskind’s new book: The One Percent Doctri
(In light of a new development in the case, Scott’s encouraged me to recycle something I once posted on my own blog. ‘Coz … it’s new to you ….) With no discussion, the El
This is easily the best thing that Jonah Goldberg has ever written. The highlights: What was once Kinsley’s contrarian instinct has been dogmatized into official corporate policy. Weisberg has admitted as much in interviews. Freelancers especially seem to have figured out how to get through Slate’s editorial defenses: Pitch a story, any story, that’s counterintuitive, […]
This article by Stuart Taylor is a marvelous example of how conservatives either cannot — or willfully refuse to — understand the dynamics of racism. The article offers the traditional, tr
If I were a terrorist, and I thought that an amnesty for former insurgents would probably damage the insurgency and help stabilize the Iraqi state, then something I might do is kidnap a couple of Amer
I have an article in the print edition of the latest American Prospect, which examines and–I humbly submit–thoroughly demolishes the “pro-choice” anti-Roe arguments that are so prevalent among liberal pundits these days, looking at both arguments about the impact on reproductive rights and the political effects. At the current time, it’s subscribers-only, but you’ll note […]
All was going well until I got to Chicago. O’Hare is a nasty airport; too crowded, too noisy, way too hot, poorly laid out. I did manage to get my flight destination switched from Louisville to
One good thing about food allergy illnesses as compared to food poisoning: the former is excruciatingly unpleasant for about 3 hours and then you’re more or less free to resume some semblance of