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Priorities

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On December 13, 2009
Shorter Erick Erickson: moderate reform legislation modestly increasing access to healthcare is vastly worse than the Fugitive Slave Act or Alien and Sedition Acts. Freedom!!!!1!111!One!
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Presidential Reputation

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On December 11, 2009
In light of my recent Andrew Jackson bashing, Matt is right to note that his status as the most odious and overrated allegedly progressive president in history is far from clear-cut. And Matt doesn't even bring up the fact that Wilson made what was almost...

Honest Services

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On December 10, 2009

Both Adam Liptak and Lyle Denniston see, after Tuesday's oral arguments, a strong cross-ideological consensus (excluding John Paul Stevens) that the "honest services" statute often used to prosecute corruption cases.

Give Her This

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On December 10, 2009

It used to be that Gail Collins would feign reluctance about having been forced by events to author her 75th consecutive column about some trivial political sex scandal or another..

Anne Applebaum, You Gotta Be Putting Me On

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On December 8, 2009
Alternative Shorter Anne Applebaum: I applaud the laudable Swiss referendum that uses a bigoted minaret ban to address an threat that is entirely non-existent in their country. Indeed, I'm so proud of the irrational racism of their attacking-Muslim-architecture policy that I can almost forgive them...

The Van Buren Boys

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On December 8, 2009

I've been reading Daniel Walker Howe's superb What Hath God Wrought. Among its many strong points, it's much-more clear-eyed about Andrew Jackson than Sean Wilentz's similar history, and I've been.

Having It All Ways

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On December 7, 2009
This gets it right. Obviously, trying to pose as defenders of the rule of law when you believe that the government needs to be doing a lot more arbitrary detention and torture is going to lead you to a lot of illogical arguments, but I'm...

Today In Ethics

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On December 5, 2009

Shorter President Max Baucus: public options are for my mistresses, not for people without decent health insurance. Seems like a good time to return to the archives for this classic..

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