In response to Jon Chait and his many other defenders, I think it’s worth making a few points about the Williams firing. Let’s start off by assuming, arguendo, that his comments were objectionable (which they were) but not in and of themselves a firable offense, and also leave aside questions of a double standard. Does […]
Month: October 2010
Dems smell blood in the Bluegrass… LAWRENCEBURG – Former President Bill Clinton will return to Kentucky a day before the Nov. 2 election to campaign for Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Jack Con
Absolutely not. There’s nothing particularly complex here. The DOJ has no legal obligation to do appeal the DADT ruling, and there’s ample precedent for allowing a ruling of unconstitution
As gmack also says in our comments, this is correct: But as in the case of Rick Sanchez it seems to me that if you assume Williams has been doing valuable work all these years, firing him over this single incident is excessive. But as an NPR listener, I’m a good deal more familiar with […]
While Ginni Thomas probably has the Bob Packwood award for the “creepiest act of communication from a conservative to hit the news this week” locked up, it must be conceded that Todd Seave
NPR fires Wan Juilliams over anti-Muslim comments. I would like to think that this will get Williams to reconsider whether he wants to waste what was once some real journalistic talent as a hack Fox N
Stephanie Carvin has a long follow-up to my critique of her earlier explosive weapons essay at Duck of Minerva. She provides a lot of interesting history and legal analysis, but never really elaborates on the one point in the post that directly addresses my defense of the explosive weapons campaign: With regards to blast weapons, […]
Well I’ll be damned. Who could have predicted that jabbing pins into someone’s chest to stimulate the flow of magical energy just might be dangerous? Oh, well. At least we now have evidenc
I see no reason why this needs to go back to Texas.
Oh, great: A textbook distributed to Virginia fourth-graders says that thousands of African Americans fought for the South during the Civil War… Slaves were totally committed to the Confederate cause, which was totally about tariffs in any case! What evidence does she have for this racist-abetting nonsense? The passage appears in “Our Virginia: Past and […]
My new column on civil-military relations is up at WPR. I would also heartily recommend that everyone read (or re-read, as the case may be) Charles Dunlap’s 1992 article “Origins of the Co
Great stuff from Andy Borowitz: Start apologizing the moment you hear her voice. Remember, like a bear at a campsite, Virginia Thomas does not want to eat you, she’s only after your food, and in thi