It is becoming apparent that Joe Paterno not only knew that Jerry Sandusky was a child rapist, but that he was probably the person most responsible for covering up Sandusky’s previous crimes, and allowing Sandusky to commit many more. CNN is reporting that a series of internal PSU emails between former PSU president Graham Spanier, […]
Month: June 2012
For those who want some mobile Lemieux analysis, I’m on the Prospect podcast with the great Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell. While in both the podcast and my initial article I
The Europeans are still playing a tournament concerning the soccer. I managed to watch all of Portugal v Spain Wednesday night, while packing. That it went to penalties was inconvenient as my bus
I suggested yesterday that the tone and structure of the joint dissent, and especially the strange semantic treatment of Ginsburg’s opinion — referred to several times by the joint dissent as “the dissent,” which is a locution that only makes sense in the context of a majority opinion discussing a single dissent — provided strong […]
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has reappointed Helen Dragas, architect of the coup that temporarily ousted University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, to the Board of Visitors. As I said before
How about a hint? Does $5K a pop sound about right? Let’s start with the technological. In 1965, Gordon Moore, the Intel co-founder, posited Moore’s Law, which stipulated that the processing power
There’s no way to know whether the fires ravaging Colorado are caused by global warming per se. Similarly, there’s no way to know whether the all-time high temperatures expected to be set in cities in the Midwest and South over the next few days are caused by global warming. Or the all-time warm winter and […]
Schools and camps are banning sunscreen because it is an over the counter drug or something: But sunscreen rules are common. They typically stem from state and local policies that stop kids from bring
It’s time for conservatives (and worried liberals) to play the “how a loss is really a win” game (and I have to say I like the shoe much better on this foot.) The hot contrarian argu
So other than Farley, I am probably the most anti-troll person here and I probably delete more troll comments than he does. But RICK VENEMA, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA is so special and so awesome. Really, he transcends other trolls. Then in comments Belle Waring wondered if he was just posing. I don’t know. So I […]
Gosh, I haven’t seen conservatives this mad at the Supreme Court since Brown v. Board of Education.
I have a piece up about the surprising fact that Roberts, not Kennedy, was the swing vote. (Although I should note that Adam called it.) While today’s decision was a relief, it shouldn’t b