Scott of course is right about the Green Lantern theory of domestic politics. There's just no way Obama is going to will Ben Nelson or Olympia Snowe into supporting a given policy. Giving speeches aren't going to do anything to change that, and in fact...
Month: August 2011
I don't usually support vandalism, but there are exceptions to every rule. Pretty brave act in Cookeville, Tennessee.
I have thoughts on arms control and aircraft carriers: China, India and Japan do not appear to be on the verge of breaking the bank in an effort to match.
I have more to say about what the presidency and what it can and can't accomplish based on Jeff Shessol's terrific book on FDR and the court-packing fight. But since I have a couple deadlines, I'll make a point that should be more obvious...
One of the few specific health care reforms Republicans are willing to endorse are caps on lawsuit damages. Needless to say, Rick Perry has been touting the caps in Texas. .
Shorter Rich Lowry: The primary reason liberals don't like a politician who argues that almost the entire modern federal state is unconstitutional, is a radical social reactionary, and blithely covers.
As a mild-mannered atheist and a harsh critic of the Air Force, you might expect me to be up in arms regarding the use of Christian just war theory in a USAF PowerPoint presentation to missile jocks. Really, though... not so much. If you reject...
This very detailed and well-researched Yahoo expose of Miami Hurricanes football should only bury them for the next several decades: A University of Miami booster, incarcerated for his role in.
Here is a homeopathic recipe for scarlet fever from Annabella P. Hill's, Mrs. Hill's New Cook Book, from 1867. "As soon as the nature of the disease is ascertained, rub.
Fantastic J. Malcolm Garcia piece at Guernica about the use of burn pits in Afghanistan. Essentially, the military burns everything they use in Afghanistan and Iraq. This includes everything from electronics to plastic bags to feces. Not surprisingly, this is making a lot of people...
I am very angry with myself. About a year ago, I was in a Seattle bar with djw. We were talking about the 2012 Republican presidential season. I noted that.
Shorter Rick Perry: "The Fed taking steps to help the economy would be so treasonous I might have to advocate secession again." It might seem obvious that this man cannot.