When it came out, I assumed that The Departed was too good and too alive to be competitive for Best Picture; I'm happy to be wrong, and it's good that the greatest living American director got his award. I still can't quite believe that this...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Radley Balko (click through for a summary of all the evidence of how much violence has dropped because of the surge) on the Instapundit-approved evidence-free assertions of Patrick Ruffini:I wish.
Ed Morrissey and Kevin Hayden are right--this is a bullshit smear piece on Romney. Indeed, it seems to me straightforward religious bigotry. I mean, seriously, he had a relative with.
I am proud of my non-home and native land today, as the Canadian Supreme Court unanimously rejected a government policy that permitted the indefinite detention of foreign born suspects based on secret evidence. Chief Justice McLachlan:The procedures required to conform to the principles of fundamental...
Another U.S. Attorney is fired. According to the WaPo story Jeralyn points us to:Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty told senators earlier this month that all but one of the.
The Conservapedia (via everybody and their cat) is indeed pure gold, and many people have picked out their favorite bits. (I'm particularly partial to "[Nineteen-Eighty-Four] is a utopian book because.
Finally the New York Times adds a strong (self-described) feminist voice to its op-ed pages:Similarly, Giuliani respects the distinctive work of judges and the separate role of the state legislatures. If Roe were overruled, those legislatures would decide how to regulate abortion. And decentralized legislation...
Russell Arben Fox has a thoughtful post, expressing his ambivalences about abortion, which you should read. Obviously, much of my disagreement is on well-trodden ground: I don't think that a.
Hmm, Can West has taken over the New Republic--but, alas, Marty Peretz is keeping his stake. Apparently they'll be moving to a bi-weekly, twice-the-length format (if this means more space.
Obviously, I agree entirely with the substance of Paul Campos's reply to Glenn Reynolds's attempts to defend illegal and counterproductive assassinations. Since it came up in comments too, I should perhaps further address the question of academic freedom that Campos brings up:A final note: My...
In comments to this post, I'm afraid that regular commenter Anderson has fallen for the old conservertarian bait-and-switch:Yeah, quite frankly, I think punitives are a terrible idea in general --.
Good news from the Great Faces, Great Places state:An abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and health of the mother was rejected Wednesday morning by legislative committee in Pierre.The.