A top government research scientist I know has a theory about the "obesity epidemic." Dr. X isn't allowed to speak on the record to the media about X's work without getting permission from X's superiors (one thing that came as a shock to me when...
Author: Paul Campos
I've just read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which Robert Farley reviewed on LGM back when it was published a couple of years ago. I hadn't read anything by McCarthy before,.
In more ordinary times this would be a very big scandal indeed, but the Bush administration has made flagrant lawbreaking at the highest levels of government very much a dog.
Press release this morning from the McCain campaign:For Immediate ReleaseContact: Press OfficeMonday, July 28, 2008703-650-5550ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, Chief Warrant Officer (4th class) Michael J. Durant (Ret.) issued the following statement on Barack Obama's canceled visit to Ramstein and Landstuhl:"Over the last week, Barack Obama...
While engaging in quasi-fascist workout regimen on foreign soil.Via the Straight Talk Express.
He would be Todd Jones, i.e., he would(1) Inexplicably be handed a series of very important high-paying jobs; where he would(2) Suck at them; yet(3) Continue to get promoted; thereby.
As Jack Balkin points out, for both "legal" and "political" reasons it's unlikely that any U.S. court will prosecute war crimes committed by members of the Bush administration. This circumstance highlights both the moral and practical importance of the question asked recently by Maj. Gen....
As I've noted elsewhere, right-wing media hacks sound more and more like old guys in bars using tired pickup lines, and nobody sounds more torn and frayed than America's leading.
A surprising development (to me at least) has been the mass media's recent rehabilitation of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The same cultural institutions that almost universally excoriated the two.
If you've never seen Joy Nash's awesome Fat Rant you should do so soon.
Just got this breathless press release from the McCain campaign:BARACK OBAMA SAID IT!: "There's No Doubt That General Petraeus Does Not Want A Timetable"Barack ObamaMedia AvailabilityAmman, JordanJuly 22, 2008Barack Obama:.
Nicholas Carr asks Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (I started reading this but got bored so I don't know the answer).I do know that Google is the single greatest invention.