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Author: Scott Lemieux

Finally, A Fresh Idea!

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On September 13, 2010
In a quite remarkable coup, The Politico has managed to anchor its new opinion section with some fresh, underexposed faces, presented in a highly original format in a very unusual "contrarian moderate liberal vs. movement conservative hack" configuration. I thought I'd suggest some additional pairings...

Deep Thought

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On September 13, 2010

The Dallas Cowboys are an extremely disciplined, well-coached team that will at a minimum play for a conference championship. And there ain't no pretty girls in France. It seems worth.

Jim Crow Returns To 11CA

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On September 10, 2010
Ah, the American judicial system.   An employer engages in racial discrimination sufficiently egregious that an Alabama jury find it illegal.     The 11th Circuit throws out the verdict.    Its reasoning is so specious that a unanimous Supreme Court rejects it.  Another jury finds the discrimination illegal.   ...
I largely echo what Adam, Glenn, and Nick Baumann have to say about yesterday's disgraceful 9th Circuit ruling upholding the Obama administration's efforts to shield the government's arbitrary-rendition-for-torture program from scrutiny.   It's worth remembering what's at stake here.   The majority opinion, before sadly eating the...

An Easy One

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On September 8, 2010

The politics of extending Bush's upper-class tax cuts are indeed straightforward. If you win and just extend them for lower brackets, fine.   If you lose, you still win: you have.

Data!

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On September 7, 2010

The XXers have done what I was too lazy to do with respect to the NYTBR's treatment of female writers, and the data supports Weiner's position (at least on the.

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