One thing we do know, some especially gullible moderate Republicans and perhaps pundits notwithstanding, is that Congress isn’t going to do anything. The more interesting question is how this will play out for the GOP. Jamelle Bouie argues that there will be some negative potential consequences: For an ideological team trying to win, this is […]
Month: February 2015
Matt Yglesias wrote a piece that interpreted research by economist Brigham Fransden that suggested that unionizing private sector workplaces is not good in the end for those workers because newly unio
Justin Wolfers provides sort of the ultimate defense of Carroll and Bevell, in its total focus on abstractions and ignorance of the specific facts of the situation: Here’s what I would do: Call a ga
Just great — thanks to what is possibly the greatest pull-quote ever, I’m now required to love 2/5 of ‘N Sync: In the “Keep it 100″ portion of the show, in which panelists are asked uncomfortable questions and urged to be completely honest, Wilmore asked certified Russian cosmonaut Lance Bass the following question: “You have […]
The core argument of Rebecca Traister’s must-read article: But it’s also true that these companies are capitalizing on a serious weakness in our social contract. The United States and its corp
I turned my listicle-sense to attack aircraft last week: Is the dedicated attack aircraft a dying breed? Few air forces are developing new attack aircraft, preferring to rely on fighter-bombers carryi
For what seems like half of my life and the entire time I have written at this site, I have been talking about my logging book. Well, as of today, Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests is under contract with Cambridge University Press. No official publication date yet, but it should […]
How many people would die were a bare majority of the Supreme Court to accept the risible argument that the ACA did not make tax credits available on federally established exchanges? The answer is a g
It’s not just vaccinations that are outraging Republicans. It’s also government requirements for restaurant sanitation. Senator Thom Tills (R-Art Pope): On Monday, the freshman senator end
…it’s important to remember something about statements like this one reprinted in the BBC: “I hadn’t realised it [the original book] had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it,” Lee continued. “After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust […]
First Chris Christie, then the Only Progressive Choice in 2016, and now Rep. Sean Duffy: Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) became the latest Republican on Tuesday to speak out against vaccine mandates, saying: &
Above: Michael Cannon (5) ACA Troofers-in-Chief Adler and Cannon claim to have a letter showing that 11 House Democrats thought that tax credits would not be available on the federally established exc