Does anyone think Joe Biden's son belongs in prison? Irrespective of your answer to #1, he's not going to be sent to prison. So why should anybody for doing the same thing? ...travel day, missed that Atrios beat me to the point I later originated.
Month: October 2014
If you're ever in Oklahoma I urge you to visit the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. It's not a huge museum, but it's a whole lot of fun. The.
But only to disappoint you. In all seriousness, though, you have to go to the 58-minute mark and listen to Seth Gilliam discussing how he and Domenick Lombardozzi stormed into Simon's office.
Some Friday morning reading: My latest at the Diplomat, on the collapse of the German Empire in the Pacific. Chip Kelly and the OODA Loop. ISIS is trying to learn how to fly MiG-21s. Good luck with that. Dirtbag Henry IV. Let's nuke the 20...
Andrew Cuomo, a true Horatio Alger story: You also write that there are ultimately more negatives than positives to being a famous politician’s son. Why? I wouldn’t trade my father.
Texas justice, which is national when Republicans appoint the median Supreme Court justice: Four years before he murdered his in-laws in Texas, Scott Panetti buried some furniture in his yard..
One summary of Republican health care principles: That’s the fundamental belief that motivates most, if not all, the conservative opposition: Health care should be a privilege rather than a right. If you can’t afford health insurance on your own, that is not the government’s problem....
Judge Posner's Voter ID opinion -- which, alas, came in the form of a dissent from the denial of an en banc hearing -- is indeed a beauty. My favorite.
A useful reminder: The Fugitive Slave Act took this criminalization further, essentially allowing white "man-catchers" to declare black people escaped slaves—again criminals—and remand them to custody. And there was great.
Excellent news: The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state’s voter identification law on Wednesday, saying that it would set a new requirement for voting beyond those listed in the state’s Constitution. [...] The Arkansas ruling found that the law went beyond the four qualifications...
You're an unpopular governor running for re-election, burdened by a terrible record and an image and appearance more appropriate for a B-rate supervillian. You're struggling to keep up in the.
Elizabeth Pena, rest in peace.