As the ratings for Studio 60 get steadily worse, I'll be interested whether the reaction from critics is that this show is too smart for the public, or whether we'll get the Phantom Menace effect, where once a few critics start noticing that an manifestation...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Heh-indeedy:Meanwhile, administration figures have correctly discerned that it would be easy to manage the situation in Iraq -- to at least keep some kind of lid on the bloodshed --.
A summary of recent Senate polls:* Two Republican incumbents in very serious trouble, Santorum and DeWine.* One Republican incumbent trailing his challenger, Chafee.* Three Republican incumbents virtually tied with their.
Pat Robertson on Mark Foley: "Well, this man's gay; he does what gay people do." Sully:I wonder if that would make Glenn Reynolds vote Democrat.Heh. Indeed! Meanwhile, elsewhere in the conservative blogosphere...Shorter Dan Riehl: "When I called John Cole a 'cock Sucker', and obsessed about...
...is TAP's gain, as it seems that TAPPED--making up for some rather more dubious recent hiring decisions--has snapped up Spencer Ackerman. A superb choice.
Another reminder of why local ownership of media is neither here nor there in terms of either a progressive editorial slant or quality journalism: that epitome of third-rateness the Seattle.
Apparently, George Bush is going to try to revive his privatize-Social-Security agenda, a happy confluence of an awful policy that's exceptionally unpopular. It's hard to follow the logic here:Hey, and maybe after that he can rehire Brownie! And reopen the Terri Schiavo case! And sell...
For reasons Tim Lambert explains in detail, I think Matt is being far too generous to Fred Kaplan's attempt to discredit the Lancet study, which doesn't seem to be any.
What's really funny about this is that a significant percentage of Reynolds' readers actually thought there was some chance he would vote for Ford. But this Republican-hatchet-man-posing-as-nonpartisan-"libertarian" schtick does seem.
I generally don't do this kind of thing, but in light of this (see also here) I've removed Feminist Law Professors from my blogroll. I regret this, since it's a good blog, and I'm mystified about why Bartow is engaging in this kind of behavior--I...
Is Oliver "Clothesoff" Perez (3-13, 6.55 E.R.A.) having the worst season of any pitcher ever to start a seventh game? Not that I think Randolph is wrong--Perez had a 139.
There are obviously a lot of signs that Senator Man-On-Dog's remaining tenure can be measured in weeks, but I'd have to say that "citing Michael Cimino movies as evidence" has.