Author: Scott Lemieux
Shorter Verbatim MoDo: "Fictionalizing historical figures is fine. Fantasies about public figures are inevitable."Unlike (it seems) Somerby, I don't see the slightest problem with Sittenfeld using Laura Bush to write.
Dahlia Lithwick has some interesting thoughts about why liberals tend to be much less focused on the courts than conservatives. I think she's right that the (often nominal) upholding of.
I suppose that this line from the National Review's heartwarming tribute to unreconstructed white supremacist, homophobe, and enthusiastic supporter of brutal authoritarian governments Jessie Helms was inevitable: "Helms’s real offense.
Professor B provides some useful data about late-term abortions in light of Obama's dumb (and I guess now clumsily partially retracted) comments about abortion policy. Admittedly, the policy consequences of.
Avert your eyes!Give Helms this: his embrace of the worst elements of wingnuttery was nothing if not comprehensive. Since it's easier to laugh at than his more typical race- and.
I don't mind the defending World Series manager favoring his own players in marginal cases, but seriously, Jason Varitek? What a disgrace. I mean, he was a fine player for.
Hmm, bases loaded, none out, one run down, maybe Rivera will finally blow one, and...oh, Gawd, Crisp is up. One should take the hint and just turn the game off..
Indeed:One fascinating thing about the death of Jesse Helms is the conservative reaction...But instead conservatives are taking a line that I might have regarded as an unfair smear just a.