I kept meaning to blog about the Pineda/Montero trade, but I couldn't decide what I thought about it. Normally, I would trade a good 23-year-old pitcher for a grade A prospect without hesitation, because most pitchers who reach the majors at that age get hurt...
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Or, at a minimum, the provision requiring state law enforcement officials to determine immigration status, which may be upheld unanimously: Justices across the ideological spectrum appeared inclined to uphold a.
Pierce: Too much of the book is simply a culture-war text gussied up in a chasuble. Douthat is extremely bothered by people who claim to seek enlightenment from a "God.
Won't someone please think of the children?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! These days, you can’t get a sugar high without experiencing a cultural low. Hello, I’m Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. There’s trouble in candy land. After more than 70 years together, Mike &...
Rick Scott makes his case to be the unofficial chairman of the Republican War On Parody and War on Women Committees: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) shocked the Florida Council.
Above: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany Nobody could have predicted that policies that don't make any sense in theory and have been disastrous in practice when tried before would fail again:.
Andrew March has an excellent piece about the suppression of speech that has been made possible by Congress, the Obama administration, and the Supreme Court's regrettable decision in Holder v. Humantarian Aid Project: The government’s indictment of Mr. Mehanna lists the following acts, among others,...
I have some thoughts about Ronald Dworkin's new NYRB article on the constitutionality of the PPACA. My primary takeaway: Alas, as Dworkin also notes while the constitutional issues involved in.
Why, it's almost enough to make me think that abstinence education doesn't work... ...see also.
Ah, Atlas Shrugged II: Pretty Much Just A Bad Actor Giving a Bad Speech For Six Hours -- this will be another excellent demonstration of the fact that libertarians are not, in fact, a mass movement in American politics.
Jesus Christ. Obviously, Valentine is going to get disproportionate blame for the ugly start, and it's important not to lose sight of the key reason that the Yankees are significantly.
And doing it against an offensive powerhouse like the Mariners is all the more impressive!