Month: August 2011
Kris Jordan.
Another entry tonight from Elizabeth Fries Ellet's New Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy, and Practical Housekeeper, from 1871. This bit is on adulterated sugar. "The sugar, if it be brown, without.
You will also remember this technique from Republican Supreme Court nominations, but apparently the new winger line is that it's a completely unfair smear to accurately quote Rick Perry's views..
Happy National Electro-Magnetic Pulse Awareness Day! Watch the last few shreds of James Jay Carafano's integrity and dignity immolate themselves here, and here. I wrote a short piece at Right.
The Postal Service laying off 120,000 workers is just about the worst thing that could happen to the economy. Mark Andersen suggests a simple solution to fix the USPS problems:.
I think is as good an account for Pawlenty's failure as I've seen -- I'm rarely persuaded by arguments that debates can be decisive turning points, but in this case.
Mark Engler has an excellent discussion of why the Verizon strike is so important, or as he puts it, the next Wisconsin: The parallel to Wisconsin is apt for several.
I can't say that I got quite as annoyed as Yglesias (or Farley for that matter) about this piece of drink snobbery that listed drinks one should never order in.