I think we can all agree that the blame for a completely unwatchable BCS title game belongs squarely on the University of Oregon. (Not that the game had Oregon not choked against Stanford would have been better, exactly, but watching a PAC-12 team beat the living crap out of Notre Dame would be richly entertaining […]
Month: January 2013
Alec MacGillis’ profile of the recently deceased union activist Jerry Tucker has led to a lot of discussion in labor circles over the last week. Tucker was an activist for a different kind of un
It’s useful that the bipartisan patina Michelle Rhee gave Students First has worn off and her organization is increasingly being shown for what is is–an anti-union Republican front group w
This is certainly an interesting way for an individual to protest the absurdity that a corporation is a person. When Jonathan Frieman of San Rafael, Calif., was pulled over for driving alone in the carpool lane, he argued to the officer that, actually, he did have a passenger. He waved his corporation papers at the […]
Krugaman argues that the Obama administration needs to be ready to use the platinum coin. Drum argues that this would be illegal. Lizardbreath correctly notes that Drum is wrong: First, of course, he&
When you’re dedicated to running a perpetual con, it’s good to have a nearly endless, easily accessible supply of suckers: The conservative media movement exists primarily as a moneymaking
I recent had a discussion with Amanda Marcotte about the Supreme Court and my articles looking at the past term and the term to come, which is available in convenient, portable podcast form.
Well, this is good (and surprising) news: Oregon coach Chip Kelly has decided to turn down a chance to go to the NFL and instead will return to the Ducks, according to league sources. Kelly was intrig
I don’t always agree with conservertarians, but when I do, it generally involves drug decriminalization. In particular, it is indeed important to remember that merely decriminalizing possession
The recent posts by E.J. Graff and Soraya Chemaly aren’t easy reading, but they’re certainly illuminating reading.
Of all the many things that allegedly threaten the institution of marriage, I would have to agree that “online dating is so incredibly awesome nobody could ever want to be monogamous” is o
I would like to posit what I thought should have been an obvious rule: if Dr. James Andrews has to be flown in to supervise your star player on the sideline, he shouldn’t be playing. Even as a S