Jack Balkin, in a must-read post, provides another reason to be skeptical about Jon Chait's claim that the 2004 election won't be important. Balkin notes the potentially disastrous consequences of further entrenching the constitutional vision of the Bush Administration. I don't believe, as Balkin and...
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William Saletan makes a feeble attempt to defend the worthless "Kerryisms" column. I particularly like this bit of disingenuousness: Another blogger, Eugene Volokh, gets the joke and doesn't like it. "Another possibility.
The Poor Man watched David Brooks's appearance on Dennis Miller. I'm glad it wasn't me. My problem is occasionally that I watch The Daily Show without a remote handy, while forgetting.
Arthur Silber reminds us of another reason to resist the canonization of Ronald Reagan: his nomination of the truly appalling Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. To ponder what would have happened if the future author of Slouching Towards Gomorrah had not been rejected by the...
Great story by Kos about Nader's so-far failed attempt to get on the ballot in Arizona. 90% of his signatures have come from Republicans--no surprise there. The means by which.
Since this question was brought up in comments as well, I thought I'd add my two cents about Klein/Chafetz/Frank: 1)I haven't read Frank's book, but I have read the Harper's essay..
****: A Walk in the Clouds *** 1/2: Godfather Part III, Absolute Power ***: Godfather Part II, Tomb Raider II, Cop and a Half *: Blue Velvet Amazing, isn't it? I'm inclined to think The Godfather Part II is the best movie released in the 70s, but admittedly Ebert's choice (Taxi Driver) is...
The attempts to parse the comments of Administration officials to prove that they didn't technically lie are pointless, because of course the chief basis of the Administration's case was the.
It's not exactly news that Garfield is a commercial and critical bomb (and I thought Bill Murray was slumming when he did that elephant thing!) Apparently the film rights to Hi and.
A magnificent post by Belle Waring at Crooked Timber mocking the "ticking time bomb" scenario constantly used by torture/Bush Administration apologists. To state the obvious, 1)of course torture is morally justified even if illegal under a "ticking time bomb" scenario, and 2)it's a bullshit argument....
With respect to my recent post on conservative vanity candidate Ralph Nader, some response to the many intelligent comments are in order. First, fine commentary from The Poor Man and Nathan Newman. In.
It's difficult to find an issue so clear-cut that The Nation and eventheliberal New Republic agree, but both have great reviews of Sam Huntington's new book, People Who Aren't White Christians Will Destroy America..