Is Oliver "Clothesoff" Perez (3-13, 6.55 E.R.A.) having the worst season of any pitcher ever to start a seventh game? Not that I think Randolph is wrong--Perez had a 139 ERA+ just 2 years ago, and in an all-hands-on-deck game it makes sense to start...
Author: Scott Lemieux
There are obviously a lot of signs that Senator Man-On-Dog's remaining tenure can be measured in weeks, but I'd have to say that "citing Michael Cimino movies as evidence" has.
The forced pregnancy lobby in South Dakota really is a piece of work. It's becoming less common to to see campaign ads have outright lies in them (rather than just.
Riverbend reflects on the Lancet study:The responses were typical- war supporters said the number was nonsense because, of course, who would want to admit that an action they so heartily supported led to the deaths of 600,000 people (even if they were just crazy Iraqis…)?...
The Wall Street Journal had decided to turn the question of the scientific value of the recent Lancet study over to...former Hair Club For Growth uber-hack Stephen Moore. Stephen Moore..
I have a new post at TAPPED up about the ludicrous fake outrage surrounding the outing of Larry Craig. See also Mona, Glenn, and Pam. Shakes defends outing in limited.
For those of you weren't aware of what this new ad is copying, note the original Jesse Helms ad above. Except that the new one seems to be for people who think that the racism in the Helms ad was a little too subtle. (The...
An interesting article by Warren Richey about whether the Supremes will "trim" the appalling Military Commissions Act. My guess, as Richey suggests, is that the Court will do pretty much.
Via Matt Weiner, it looks like the fine folks of Kansas are about to tell Phil "He's What's the Matter With Kansas" Kline that his "services" shall no longer be.
I think there's a lot of truth to what Matt says here. All I would add is that in the House, where the Democrats have the best shot, the structural advantages of incumbents are particularly formidable, and a slight downtick in the general climate could...
Amanda Marcotte calls our attention to this excellent piece by Stacy Schiff, who debunks claims that Susan B. Anthony was a supporter of abortion bans. I find it particularly interesting.
Pithlord attempts to answer the unanswerable question of how people can believe that abortion is a serious criminal offense, but that the person most responsible for the act should be.