Yglesias, commenting on the stupid rule for resolving electoral college ties, notes that "there’s no good reason to wait until after something stupid happens to pass a constitutional amendment to change it." This is true, but alas probably unrealistic. What I wonder is whether a...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Cole has the scoop on some of the soldiers who had engaged in self-righteous attacks on Scott Beauchamp. Apparently, the winger talking point that if a practice wasn't consistent with.
Dave Cameron asserts that the Bedard-for-pretty-much-every-decent-prospect-the-Mariners-have-recently-produced deal is "[i]n terms of results...easily the worst trade in franchise history." As stated, I think this is clearly wrong. Jones had a pretty.
A useful collection of writings (fiction and non-fiction) from the late David Foster Wallace available online. I particularly recommend "Tense Present" and his take on Updike.
She's been on a roll lately, but IB's take on the new Richard Cohen column is one of her better lines:He's kinda like a kid who, upon discovering that there.
Cathy Young has an attempted feminist defense of Sarah Palin (endorsed, natch, by Ann Althouse.) The fundamental problem with the argument is that there's no inherent value to having lots.
What's amazing about this is that I figured that McEvenWorse and Palin would at some point permanently change the "Bridge to Nowhere" howler to some technically accurate but grossly misleading formulation, like "I stopped the Bridge to Nowhere [but won't tell you about my erstwhile...
I'll have more on the general subject of the 2000 election because of a new book this week, but since I happened to catch the replay of Leslie Stahl's puffball.
Idiotic. Hopefully it won't hurt the career of the UW alum. As (I think) Joe Sheehan argued earlier this year, I do think that managers have gotten a little too.
Think good thoughts for Teresa.
Hilzoy:You'd think that $5,000 to $14,000 a year would be a small price to pay for putting violent sex offenders behind bars. Apparently, Sarah Palin disagrees.I guess policies that prevent.
Lynn Forrester de Rothschild.Look, if Obama is going to shed the "elitist" label he needs to stop talking so much about progressive economic policies and start distributing more free caviar.