2CA and 9CA ruled yesterday that the federal "Partial Birth Abortion Act" is unconstitutional. Under existing precedent, this is black-letter law and these were not the first courts to rule.
Make sure to check out the terrific series of posts Fact-esque has put together (1,2) on America's voting system. There are a variety of serious problems with the integrity of.
The Koufax nominations for best post are up. I'm happy that this post of mine was nominated; it's one of my favorites. There are lots of good posts here, of.
Assrocket.Can't they bother to at least make up plausible lies? Although I agree that the "whatever the numbers say" line is a nice touch. Maybe I'll take out a personal.
A question: if Brokeback Mountain wins, will it be the best film to win Best Picture since Annie Hall in 1977? That would be my tentative assessment, although I think.
Like me, Roy was introduced to Robert Bresson by means of the sublime Au Hasard, Balthasar (which I saw last year.) Like me, he found it a remarkable, haunting picture;.
My first reaction to reading the Slate article on art-houses that Rob discusses below was to be both amused and contemptuous of this particular manifestation of contraianism-through-not-very-credible-random-anecdotes (has anyone ever.
The Alito filibuster fight is on. Of particular interest to our Washington state readers: according to Jane, "Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be susceptible to pressure. If.
