The Quebec government requires everyone to vote with their faces uncovered, even if they have religious reasons for not doing so. Elections Canada has issued a ruling permitting women to vote with their faces covered in federal byelections in Quebec, although the rule will still...
Author: Scott Lemieux
The most risibly frivolous lawsuit since Bill O'Reilly's attempt to prevent AL Franken from using the term "fair and balanced" has been dropped. Too bad; the judicial opinion dismissing the.
Oh. Goody.Hagel's out. One the one hand, this means an open seat for the GOP to defend. On the other hand, "Former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey, president of the New.
There are a couple more passages worth highlighting from Evgenia Peretz's fine Vanity Fair article about the War on Gore. First, some of you may have seen this quote, but the wider the circulation the better. If you don't believe me that 2000 campaign coverage...
Brian Beutler has an intelligent intervention into the discussion surrounding Jon Chait's new book. To add on a bit to his argument, I'd like to address this from McArdle:My quarrel.
Seems about right. Still, let there be no doubt than Fred Thompson and John McCain are figures of immense seriousity and gravitude.
John Judis has a rundown of the 2008 Senate races, noting that in the long run Warner leaving is a lot more important than Craig's resignation. I agree that the Dems are very, very likely to win Colorado and New Hampshire. The most interesting category...
Well, that's the end of that; the only remaining AL question is whether the Yankees will play the Angels or the Tribe. (Well, I suppose the Tigers could get hot,.
Mr. Richard Cohen. (But his elementary school teachers think he's funny! And his mother thinks he's cool!) More here.
Until Bob Somerby gets a book contract, this fine Vanity Fair article on the history-changing media war on Al Gore will do. In particular, what's important about the piece is that it's not just about the "right-wing noise machine" but calls out, by name and...
I'm way behind on my movie blogging, so the two Apatow movies seem like a good place to start. Asthetically, they're evidently both extremely funny. The first two-thirds of Knocked.
While this certainly doesn't let Dianne Feinstein off the hook for casting the decisive vote to let Southern-Fried Alito Leslie Southwick onto the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Christy Hardin.