In an appalling attempt at intimidation on the part of the British authorities, they've gone after Glenn Greenwald's partner: At 6:30 am this morning my time - 5:30 am on the East Coast of the US - I received a telephone call from someone who...
Author: Scott Lemieux
I'm with Drum and Waldman -- whatever their reasons for doing so, moving all of the Republican primary debates to Fox is probably a good thing. This point of Paul's.
Some people have speculated that Assange's support for the Pauls is out of ignorance. In fact, it seems to be a rational decision to support people who share his reactionary.
Shorter Verbatim Julian Assange: "The libertarian aspect of the Republican Party is presently the only useful political voice really in the U.S. Congress...[I] am a big admirer of Ron Paul and Rand Paul for their very principled positions in the U.S. Congress on a number...
You know, you can criticize the guy, but in all fairness he did show up to preseason games in midseason form. I continue to think that, as a situation in.
A reader points us to this Gregg Easterbrook defense of the NCAA, which goes to absurd contortions to defend the status quo even for Easterbook. The column starts out promisingly,.
Good for the MVP: Adrian Peterson believes Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and other college football players should be able to get paid. As the NCAA continues to investigate if Manziel got paid to sign autographs and memorabilia for dealers, Peterson spoke out about the...
More than 500 killed by the government's security forces. I stand by my initial claim that, even it seems from our perspective to favor the "good guys," military coups to.
Yet another unethical and -- if state and federal statues mean anything -- illegal unpaid internship: Sheryl Sandberg's LeanIn.org foundation is in hot water after its top editor tried to.
Apparently the waaaaahambulance has been called to 1600 Pennsyylvania Avenue: Surprised and irritated to see Senate Democrats touting a preferred candidate for Federal Reserve chairman, White House officials have moved behind the scenes to quash the campaign and are insisting President Barack Obama not be...
I'm afraid I must dissent from my colleague's post below on a couple points. I certainly I agree that Booker will be a self-aggrandizing blowhard, although a few noble exceptions.
The world in which 1)Jenny McCarthy can get a highly compensated talk show gig and 2)inequality is increasing leads to some grim results: Why is anti-vaccination sentiment associated with the.