To add to Matt's point that the perception that Wolfowitz is corrupt and hypocritical has actual consequences, it should also be noted that Wolfowitz is particularly vulnerable on this point because his anti-corruption program has been highly selective, and even worse has been selective in...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Shorter Ace O. Spades, heterosexual: "The rhetoric of terrorists should always be taken strictly at face value! If Al Qaeda says it's not in their interests for American troops to.
Charles Krauthammer, taking one of the laziest column ideas off the shelf, is the umpteenth nominally pro-choice wealthy male columnist to argue that Roe should be overturned and that this.
Henley makes a good point in re: Paul Bremer's apologia today:And yet! Bremer’s arguments on de-Baathification and disbanding the army have some plausibility to them. He points out that the most famous case of trying to reconstitute part of the old army - the so-called...
Above: Mariners President Chuck Armstrong and GM Bill BavasiI see that Jeff Weaver will be resting his 14.32 ERA on the D.L. with Lit up like Jaime Navarro in Coors.
In light of this, I breathlessly await a lengthy diatribe form Mickey Kaus in which he argues for strengthening teacher's unions so that they're protected from having their innovation crushed.
You may have seen this article in which Theda Skocpol called for a greater emphasis on teaching at Harvard. MMF has interesting commentary. It's always been strange to me--especially in disciplines with large numbers of undergraduate majors--how little emphasis is placed on teaching for advancement....
Melissa:Speaking of mature and honest public dialogue, I wonder if it would be possible for anti-choice conservatives to address the reality that, even in countries where abortion is illegal and.
A terrific article by Garrett Epps puts Karl Rove's pressuring of US Attorneys to pursue bogus "vote fraud" cases into the larger (and highly consequential) context of the GOP's vote.
Granting that is was only half-serious, the below-discussed d-squared post on Budweiser reminds me of Kelefa Sanneh's arguments about rockism. Sanneh's underlying points are often quite correct: there's no particular reason to privilege white guys playing guitars, worrying about whether artists in question are "poseurs"...
Hugh Hewitt seems unable to distinguish between reality and the movies, which admittedly is a desirable quality in a Bush dead-ender...
As a staunch Giuliani opponent, I must admit a certain grudging admiration for his decision to be explicitly pro-choice rather than adopting the High Contrarian "I'm pro-choice, but it should.