So "moronic state legislator of the day" is a cheap and easy excuse for a post, but this is a new-to-me innovation in the increasingly fantastical world of Republican Science. In Washington, an atrocious omnibus transportation bill has been proposed, and one of the trivial...
Month: March 2013
It's pretty depressing to see Keith Gessen resort to one of the hoariest lines in the male chauvinist playbook. I mean, really, "how can I hate women -- I enjoy.
Have you ever wanted to see a detailed brothel menu from 1912, with extremely graphic detail about the services provided? Well, here's your chance. This might be the most amazing.
I'd have to say that Krugman puts it perfectly: It seems that some years ago Malaysia’s ruling party took a good look at leading pundits and policy intellectuals in the conservative movement, reached a judgment about their personal and intellectual integrity or lack thereof, and...
I never watch her myself, but I always assumed everyone I knew did, so I'm disappointed to learn that her "popularity" is entirely due to her manipulation of the Twitter.
Too often, including in the comments at this blog, the idea that labor unions and environmentalists have irreconcilable goals goes unchallenged. But there is in fact significant common ground. Over.
Apparently, John Roberts's grasp of statistics ranks roughly with Glenn Reynolds's. Relatedly, a view from Mississippi, that racially egalitarian paradise: “I’m going to go out on a limb here, but I think McComb would be all right,” he said, contemplating the prospect of Section 5’s...
Happy independence, Texas. It's almost criminal that this song wasn't played over the credits of the final episode of Friday Night Lights... ...[Erik]. In light of yesterday's exposure of paid.
ESPN told me so. CNN told me so. NPR told me so. So it must be true. And it is, damn it. All I can say is that I'm much.
The Obama Administration Obama Administration's appointees in the State Department announces its approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline at 4 pm on Sequester Friday. How brave. Disaster for the climate. Hardly surprised, greatly disappointed. Obama will not go down as a president good on environmental...
The Obama administration filed a brief arguing that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Bmaz is very upset, calling it "cowardly," "timid," and a "states rights" argument. (I find the latter charge.
Noted without comment. A range of mainstream American publications printed paid propaganda for the government of Malaysia, much of it focused on the campaign against a pro-democracy figure there. The.