I can see why Republicans are trying to rig the 2016 elections. Their politicians are utterly hopeless in appealing to the mainstream of this nation. A couple of fresh examples from today's news. Here's James Lankford, Republican congressman from Oklahoma and #5 in the House...
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I would pay money to watch former Colorado congressman, anti-immigrant racist, and overall jerk Tom Tancredo smoke marijuana. And at least someone is going to have that chance.
Filibuster reform is dead. Why? Harry Reid and senior Democrats flat out don't want it. Reformers think Reid changed his mind again in December, after a series of amendments to.
Not a good day for a labor person. Labor Department figures released today showed that 11.3% of the American workforce belongs to a labor union. That is the lowest number since 1936. To put that in context, the National Labor Relations Act was upheld by...
As Sean Griffiths points out, cute semi-detached housing might make for aesthetically pleasing New Urbanist cities, but it is not sustainable as a dominant mode of architecture within the 21st.
Where is this amazing photo of a wolf near a wetland taken? Chernobyl. As has been noted before, the most militarized parts of the earth (the DMZ for instance) and.
The news that you can scan for CTE in living football players is a pretty big deal. Ta-Nehisi Coates thinks it will lead to the end of football. I am skeptical. I think it might lead to the end of upper class white kids playing...
Barack Obama's second inaugural address: "We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides.
Miss Idaho Potato, 1935. Everyone needs some weirdness in the evening.
I have nothing of interest to add to the inauguration discussion. But I do want to link to Atrios on the shocking significance of Obama to anyone with an understanding of American history. Whatever one thinks of Obama, it says something positive about our country...
It looks like Carmen Ortiz will not live down her role in the suicide of Aaron Swartz. The fact that she's still defending the prosecution and the legal process is.
Oh man, this is great. Remember back, a long long time ago. There was a man. He was me. And he said he wanted Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick.