Michael Ledeen R.I.P. (Or is it just his brain? Attacking the shoddy standards of the Em Ess Em can be so confusing sometimes.)
Author: Scott Lemieux
Via Yglesias, we see that "liberal hawks" (at least as defined as liberals who think that replacing a bad dictatorship that posed no security threat to the United States with.
More a pretext for an open thread, but--team I would pick in bold:Indianapolis (+3 1/2) at Baltimore: Like a Yankees/Dodgers World Series or a Canucks/Maple Leafs Stanley Cup final, a.
Reading about Peter Beinart's attempt to turn pre-war discourse into a giant pissing contest (via Ezra) reminded me about some gossip from Spencer Ackerman. I--like I suspect most people--had always assumed that the New Republic's fatally ridiculous endorsement of Joe Lieberman was a Peretz special...
Josh Trevino claims that "[t]here’s little to be done for the reading comprehension of the online left," and that his bringing up the Boer War was "not to make a.
The latest effusions of Josh "A Wingnut Leaves the Door Ajar As He Swings A Whip From the Boer War" Trevino, already linked below, are a treasure trove of lunacy..
Via Ben, Rick Perlstein performs a valuable service by preempting the inevitable attempts this weekend to claim MLK on behalf of reactionaries who hated him then and still oppose his principles to the maximum extent possible:Others demurred. South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond wrote his constituents,...
Marty Lederman argues (correctly) that the Constitution plainly gives Congress the formal powers to prevent the senseless escalation of the Iraq conflict. Matt brings up another question: would the courts.
Above: Pajamas Media (#5)I urge you to read Eric Boehlert's meticulous decimation of the fake AP scandal, which does a particularly good job of nailing down the evasive goalpost-shifting now.
Running errands and fighting a cold yesterday, I forgot to comment on this Ryan Lizza thumbsucker. But Lizardbreath, Ann Friedman, and Tracy Clark-Flory dismantle the argument with great effectiveness. Meanwhile, to save me yet another post Jill deals with the idiotic idea of putting BMI...
The hapless Joe Klein tries to get himself out of the massive hole he's dug for himself by claiming that "Just because [dirty, smelly hippies who agree with me for.
A titan departs the liberal blogosphere. What's worst about it is that it will reduce the amount of blogging on the most pressing issue of the day--NHL hockey--to, er, me.