Apparently, what in large measure accounts for Romney's repulsive assertions that a population living under military occupation is less prosperous than its occupier because of "culture" is that he read two books a while ago that he thinks can explain pretty much anything. Which makes...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Not only would John Rocker provide some needed sectional balance to the Republican ticket, he knows just as much about the First Amendment as the previous Republican vice-presidential nominee: Technically,.
I have a piece up on the two awful recent decisions in federal courts that uncritically accept anti-abortion junk science. One court at least made the same kind of mistakes.
Chuck Lane. Of course, we should force sick and disabled people back to work so we can focus on real rights -- you know, the right not to pay a tax penalty if you free ride in the health care market, your right against nonexistent...
Ruh-roh -- apparently Jonah Lehrer keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within caught up with him. It's pretty hard to imagine that this was the only part of his.
This discussion thread reminds me that I didn't get to Jason DeParle's atypically weak NYT piece about marriage is a ticket out of poverty. One benefit of waiting is that.
Vote suppression laws are more common in swing states. Ann Althouse is unconcerned: Weiser's argument doesn't prove as much as she'd like, because it's also true that it's in swing states where there's the most reason to worry about fraud. It's a corollary to the...
The latest Drew Westen article has the same fundamental problems as every other Drew Westen article. There is, however, one howler that's particularly instructive. Starting with the stimulus makes sense,.
Condolences to Kevin.
This sums up Romneyshambles pretty well, I think: Even if you feel neutrally about Romney, it's impossible to escape the sensation that he believes Basic Competence murdered his family and that he must have his revenge against it. Things are so bad that any second...
I'm pretty dubious about David Post's argument that the NCAA levied against Penn State is unfair to Pennsylvania taxpayers, for the reasons I discussed earlier in the week: it proves.
I explain why denying them a permit based solely on the political beliefs of their president is wrong at much greater length. In particular, the argument advanced by some commenters.