A good post from Susan Bandes. I think the point about the way in which conservative nominees like Thomas and Alito have emphasized their life stories is particularly important — nobody really thinks that judicial decisionmaking is entirely independent of personal experience (although, of course, the values one derives from this experience can differ greatly, […]
Month: May 2009
Feng at ID highlights two new bits of data on China’s aircraft carrier program. The first is that the Chinese have carried out significant work on the ex-Varyag, the Kuznetsov class carrier that
I had always assumed that, while he is certainly a world-class wanker and atrocious director, that McG couldn’t quite match up with the likes of Bay or Schumacher in the tough competition as Ame
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Making Chris Matthews look substantive:
I’m sure that the Chinese just arrived independently at the idea of having a folding-wing version of the Su-27: Russia is eyeing China following media reports that an unlicensed variant of the S
Friday Cat Blogging… Stromboli
I’m sure that everyone has seen this, but that doesn’t make it less awesome: Gates: Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of
This is a sincere question. I’m not a particularly courageous person by any means, but I can say with considerable confidence that I’ve never felt any actual fear of terrorism. I mean I wa
Jan Crawford Greenburg convincingly speculates that Diane Wood should be considered the frontrunner to be Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee. Given the current candidates — i.e. given that Karlan doesn’t seem to be under consideration — I think this would be my preferred choice too. Admittedly, suggestions that Woods is in fact a Clintonesque liberal […]
Apparently the site isn’t opening in Explorer, or at least isn’t opening for some people (I don’t seem to have a problem on my laptop, but do on my desktop). I have no clue what the
It’s what Dick Cheney is made of. Well, that and undiluted 175 proof evil. Deep thought: I’m also really anxious to know what Dan Quayle thinks of the value of torturing people to obtain f