Many thanks to frequent commenter Howard for generously sending me the classics Out To Lunch and Underground from the ol' wish list. Supoib choices, and as they are now freshly loaded into ITunes will make my upcoming train ride all the more pleasant.In addition, when...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Shorter Sean Wilentz: "John McCain will tell Vladimir Putin to sit down and cut the bullshit. This represents the kind of 'comprehensive vision of international politics' that Obama lacks."Reading his.
In my defense, I was engaged in Real Work and had the Devil Rays/Sox game on in the background, so I needed the sound. But as bad as seeing the.
I suppose the latest Kristol/PUMA meme is so obviously disingenuous it's barely worth responding to, but for the record.
Ron Fournier. See also.This is the Hot Soup wanker? Wow, that's world class.
As Ezra says, this probably sums up the case for Biden as well as anything:In theory, his knowledge of foreign policy and refreshing willingness to take the fight to Republicans.
Obviously, one wants to be careful about such scoops -- ask the previous Democratic running mate, Dick Gephardt -- but apparently it will be Biden.I guess I feel relief without happiness. Certainly, if the other runners-up were Kaine and Bayh, Biden has to be considered...
Some excellent reporting from Kate Klonick.
Richard Posner has an interesting article -- essentially an application of his recent HLR Foreword -- critiquing the Supreme Court's decision in Heller, the D.C. gun control case. It's a.
Spencer Ackerman has a very interesting article about Scott Beauchamp and Elspeth Reeve. The whole thing is very much worth reading. The executive summary:I ended up interviewing Beauchamp a couple times -- once in person and over email a couple times -- and did a...
The good news is that "two GOP sources" have allegedly said that Mitt Romney will be McCain's pick. The bad news is that the news comes from Mark Halperin, so.
Since it's amazing how persistent the idea that Al Gore was an awful candidate is -- with special focus on his allegedly bad debate performance -- it's worth returning to.