Steve Benen points us towards some twelfth-rate agitprop by a sitting judge, which repeatedly uses the term "femifascist," presumably to apply to people who believe that the state shouldn't coerce (poor) women to carry pregnancies to term. Here are some of the other insights offered...
Author: Scott Lemieux
R.I.P. Give him this: he put John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
Homer: Ah, not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm!Lisa: That's specious reasoning, Dad.Homer: Thank you, honey.Lisa: By your logic, I could claim that.
The incomparable James Brown, R. I. P....see also this excellent AP obit.
In this holiday season, it's nice to see yet another stinging defeat in the courts for Kansas' former Immolater of Privacy General Phil Kline.
With respect to the Ackerman/Farley/Lemieux debate, a formerly ambivalent Kevin Drum (along with Mona) comes down squarely in the Ackerman camp. Yglesias and Atrios disagree, and of course I still.
Nice to see Bob Somerby on board:Again, when we talk about what is “appealing” and authentic,” we enter extremely subjective territory. And oh yeah—we validate the type of discussion the mainstream press corps is eager to have. Once we allow this type of discussion, they...
Travel day today, so very light blogging. In the meantime, enjoy Roy nominating Dr. Mrs. Ole Perfesser for a Robert Bork "It's the Sociological Significance" award, and 3 Bulls having.
GFR has a clever post about George Bush's one contribution to human discouse, the "fantasy tense." I think that Ken Pollack should be speaking in this tense full-time....see also Fred.
Hugh Hewitt files a last-minute entry in the Golden Winger nominations, Soggy Biscuit division:And that’s why every president, whether you like him or not, deserves a Doris Kearns Goodwin, who will go back there…and you don’t get it for a hundred fifty years, unfortunately, because...
Recently, Yglesias asked if he should feel guilty for preferring Let's Go to any 2006 album. I completely reject the premise of the question--would anybody feel guilty for thinking that.
Henley has today's edition. IOZ beat me to it as well, but this bit in particular deserves to have its 5-year waiting period waived and be granted immediate induction into.