Via Hilzoy and Somerby, I'm afraid that this is not from The Onion:My taste for luxury has evolved somewhat—I'm not nearly as taken with the M&Ms in the mini bar—but on entering a hotel room, I still immediately review the room-service menu, bask in the...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Rod Dreher. In addition to the obvious, if you read the article that so shocked Dreher for reasons other than the people being butchered with swords in their beds, is.
Although with a couple completely evidence-free convictions overturned, and the main verdict upheld essentially because of extreme deference to the jury. The real problem here is the vagueness of the underlying law, which permitted a conviction on exceedingly thin inferential evidence. I agree with Lizardbreath...
David Weigel uncovers some entertaining new information about internets legend Donald Luskin:Luskin, who named his daughter Roark after the hero of Rand’s novel “The Fountainhead,” sees basic economic concepts explained.
When your moral principles dictate that state coercion be used to force a 9-year old girl to seriously risk her life by giving birth to her rapist's child, you really.
I have to agree that it's not accurate to say that John McCain is as bad as Herbert Hoover. He's much worse. And while the Obama administration is certainly infinitely preferable to this kind of cretin, it sure would be nice if their plan to...
I have a piece about the newly released memos over at Comment is Free. Meanwhile, it's pretty amusing to see a guy responsible for what might be the least plausible.
The outcome looks bad from a policy perspective, although legally it must said that the argument for striking down Prop 8 in the abscence of a federally enforceable right are.
Peter Schuck asserts that "The Supreme Court's decision yesterday in Wyeth v. Levine gives unprecedented power to juries in deciding issues far outside their expertise." This is a very strange claim. The tort system wasn't created this Tuesday; juries, for better or worse, have had...
This kind of reform of draconian drug laws is, admittedly, a second best option. lower maximum sentences along with the treatment option would be preferable. Just increasing judicial discretion doesn't.
In re: MoDo, what Chait and Yglesias and Benen said. In criticizing Dowd for focusing almost entirely on inane personal trivia larded with her bizarre gender obsessions, I might have.