The Court’s 5-4 decision today in Hein v. FFRF makes it much more difficult to challenge programs — in this case, the Bush administration’s decision, thorough executive order, to funnel taxpayer money to religious organizations — that raise serious Establishment Clause questions. I’m not at all persuaded by the Court’s holding; in the words of […]
Month: June 2007
Losing 2 out of 3 to the Giants makes one wonder how badly things would have gone for the World’s Greatest Manifestation of Evil if they were playing a team with a major league offense. Yesterda
Proving once again how astute Nader was to argue that control of the executive branch is irrelevant, a dismal looking day at the Supreme Court with the moderate Sam Alito writinga 5-4 opinion gutting
There was something appropriate about Griffey’s first home run yesterday bouncing off Willie Bloomquist’s glove. Both Griffey and the the Seattle fans demonstrated a lot of class this weekend. Hearty congratulations to the Oregon State Beavers for repeating as College World Series champions. The Ducks lost their baseball team awhile ago for Title IX reasons, […]
I have a guest post up at Feministe about Helena Silverstein’s new book, which amasses and expands on the data she’s collected about how parental involvement laws — and especially th
This is pretty much the most horrible thing I’ve ever read. …seriously, take some time and consider whether you want to read it. The article is about the most horribly wounded Iraq War vet
Alberto R. Gonzales (L) is Attorney General of the United States. Seriously, when George W. Bush sees you as a genial weak link..and that sure was nice workfrom Smilin’ Joe Lieberman.
Now that the latest Nader thread has neared the length of an Unfogged one, I guess it’s time for a new one! I think zuzu makes the point that is really the most important: There’s a lot of
Tom Hilton looks into Melinda Henneberger and discovers that her random anecdotes just happened to line up with her strong pro-forced-pregnancy views! (“‘…choice,’ make no mist
His choice of words, not mine. I wrote last week about the hubbub over FOX and CBS’s refusal to run a new Trojan condom ad which uses sex to advertise sex (the horror!). Colbert has one upped me with this hilarious the Word segment. I couldn’t have said it any better.
Much as I love spending time back in the midwest, it’s not Santa Fe. My summertime resolution to forestall a heart attack has run aground on a reef of bagged snacks, fatty meat, fried edibles, s
In the course of some actual academic research I happened upon Robert O’Connell’s Sacred Vessels: The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy. Someone (I forget who) also reco