The forced pregnancy lobby in South Dakota really is a piece of work. It's becoming less common to to see campaign ads have outright lies in them (rather than just being cleverly misleading.) The claim that the bill has a health exemption is the most...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Riverbend reflects on the Lancet study:The responses were typical- war supporters said the number was nonsense because, of course, who would want to admit that an action they so heartily.
The Wall Street Journal had decided to turn the question of the scientific value of the recent Lancet study over to...former Hair Club For Growth uber-hack Stephen Moore. Stephen Moore..
I have a new post at TAPPED up about the ludicrous fake outrage surrounding the outing of Larry Craig. See also Mona, Glenn, and Pam. Shakes defends outing in limited circumstances....I see that Patterico endorses the Captain's nonsensical point that outing Craig is a "personal...
For those of you weren't aware of what this new ad is copying, note the original Jesse Helms ad above. Except that the new one seems to be for people.
An interesting article by Warren Richey about whether the Supremes will "trim" the appalling Military Commissions Act. My guess, as Richey suggests, is that the Court will do pretty much.
Via Matt Weiner, it looks like the fine folks of Kansas are about to tell Phil "He's What's the Matter With Kansas" Kline that his "services" shall no longer be required. Look for "Phil Kline Is Making Sense" to premiere on MSNBC in February.
I think there's a lot of truth to what Matt says here. All I would add is that in the House, where the Democrats have the best shot, the structural.
Amanda Marcotte calls our attention to this excellent piece by Stacy Schiff, who debunks claims that Susan B. Anthony was a supporter of abortion bans. I find it particularly interesting.
Pithlord attempts to answer the unanswerable question of how people can believe that abortion is a serious criminal offense, but that the person most responsible for the act should be entirely exempt from legal sanctions. He claims that everyone, in some circumstances, believes these three...
About this awful HufPost article, Feministing collectively says all that needs to be said, with an Abstract Nonsense chaser. But it makes one useful contribution--pushing Ann Althouse to a level.
A homerun on an 0-2 pitch to...Jeff Suppan? Christ, he's terrible. (But at least he's a quick worker!) Obviously, a long way to go, but...Alas, for coverage of Game 2,.