Michael's nice catch about how Muslims obviously are pointing their clothing towards Mecca perversely compelled me to check in on Alec Rawls, even better evidence than Keifer Sutherland and Julian Lennon that sometimes talent sees the next generation and runs away screaming. Fortunately, for appreciators...
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I should probably be enjoined from criticizing Charlie Manuel again, since I've never been more wrong about a manager. He is, on balance, very good. But tactically...ye gods. One worked.
Depressing but true: Well the latest Wikileaks disclosures ought to shut them up for good (it won’t, of course). “Our” side has both committed war crimes directly and has acquiesced,.
In an homage to the completely impartial commitment to the principle that no pundit can ever be fired for expressing views their employers find objectionable recently displayed by conservatives, I am proud to renew my eternal, deeply principled support for Dallas area sports franchises. UPDATE: ...
"[L]udicrously wrong, Alessandra Stanley-grade wrong." In fairness to Stanley, she at least usually confines her inevitable wrongness to a single field...
Shorter Verbatim Juan Williams: "It leads to people, especially journalists, being sent to the gulag for raising the wrong questions and displaying independence of thought." Yeah, the thought that I.
In response to Jon Chait and his many other defenders, I think it's worth making a few points about the Williams firing. Let's start off by assuming, arguendo, that his comments were objectionable (which they were) but not in and of themselves a firable offense,...
Absolutely not. There's nothing particularly complex here. The DOJ has no legal obligation to do appeal the DADT ruling, and there's ample precedent for allowing a ruling of unconstitutionality to.
As gmack also says in our comments, this is correct: But as in the case of Rick Sanchez it seems to me that if you assume Williams has been doing.
While Ginni Thomas probably has the Bob Packwood award for the "creepiest act of communication from a conservative to hit the news this week" locked up, it must be conceded that Todd Seavey gave it a strong effort: Especially priceless: Jonah's peals of laughter after...
NPR fires Wan Juilliams over anti-Muslim comments. I would like to think that this will get Williams to reconsider whether he wants to waste what was once some real journalistic.
I see no reason why this needs to go back to Texas.