And Richard Cohen ups the ante in the long-running competition to see which denizen of Fred Hiatt's crayon scribble page can engage in the most appalling apologia for child rape. I hope Applebaum doesn't take this as a challenge. Not that the blame-the-victim is surprising...
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I would say that the latest example staunch Republican opposition to expanded access to birth control should be the end of that, but 1)it never "began" in the sense of.
George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010. Although I've been a card -carrying Yankee hater for pretty much throughout my living memory, I've always had a certain respect for Steinbrenner, essentially for the same.
While a couple of commenters to this thread raised reasonable (if not entirely convincing to me) questions about problems with the actions of California authorities in seeking extradition, I also saw an especially weak defense that, while apparently not entirely new, I think is new...
I think Yglesias has the apporpriate response to Jacob Weisberg's comically belated discovery that John McCain is a cynical hack: But I feel like some of the media’s John McCain.
As Paul notes below, the Swiss government has decided that fugitive child rapist Roman Polanski will not be extradited to face justice. Defending an indefensible proposition inevitably requires some gross.
Apparently, Cliff Lee not going to the World's Greatest Manifestation of Evil. Particularly since the Yankee offer wasn't overwhelming (if Montero could actually catch, maybe), this must be considered an unequivocal good.
Obviously, in the short term ruling the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional is an improvement in public policy. Unfortunately, one of the arguments used in the rulings was a 10th.
It's true that we dodged a bullet during the Democratic primaries when the prospect of Mark Penn running the White House political shop didn't come to pass. Unfortunately, Obama's political.
John Elwood, with respect to the trend toward more recess appointments by the president, and especially the recent intrasession appointment of Donald Berwick: It is certainly not without controversy, however; Attorney General Daugherty said in dicta in one opinion that an adjournment for “5 or...
Really, really good story about Mariano Rivera. Given the degraded quality of Honus Wagner's competition, I think the choosing the best closer of all time is easier than any other.
Like Matt, I think that Carr has the Post dead to rights on its double standards. A couple additional points: The analogy is pretty direct. If I understand, the justification.