Dahlia Lithwick has a very good article on the implications of the political nature of judicial review, as revealed by the straight party-line voting on the constitutionality of the ACA. Certainly, if you believe that judicial review can be justified if it's politically neutral, then...
Month: May 2011
Same sex marriage -- the increasingly popular majority position. Of course, if it wasn't for Goodridge it would have support from at least 110% of the public...
It's important that the campaign of this major intellectual be taken very, very seriously. Give Trump this: he was smart enough not to run.
Latest account of the raid on Bin Laden is a good read. Two thoughts: While it's best to view any account of a raid like this with skepticism, I grow weary of "they changed their story AGAIN" headlines. There can be no single story...
Interesting article on junior faculty and exercise: In the quest for tenure, physical activity is the first casualty, according to a recent study of Canadian assistant professors that its authors.
The more I think about it, the more atrocious it is that a three year old burn victim in Pakistan or Libya cannot automatically access morphine. Imagine being such a.
Scocca on BHL: [I]f your goal is to push back against the tide of public opinion condemning your friend as an arrogant, hopelessly entitled sexual predator, it's maybe not wise to write your defense from the point of view of an arrogant, hopelessly entitled sexist.
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This should be interesting.
My WPR column this week is an extension of this post from last week: What has been absent thus far, however, has been the strategic use of airpower: airstrikes designed to induce the regime to concede or collapse without reliance on ground forces. The absence...
With the final disgrace of disastrously inept former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, it's especially amusing to go back to the reasons for recalling Davis and supporting him offered by "Democrat" Mickey.
The Economist: We've asked the Palestinians to lay down their arms. We've told them their lack of a state is their own fault; if only they would embrace non-violence, a.