I'm trying as hard as I can to maintain my contrarian stance about Harriet Miers. (And, ultimately, I still maintain it; I still haven't heard a persuasive argument, in specific and tangible terms, explaining why whatever damage it is that Miers would do could possibly...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Ah, looks like phony First Amendment martyr Judy Miller is finally being abandoned by the Times, although this would have meant considerably more had the Times figured this out a.
Media Girl notes that Target is defending its pharmacists when they refuse to fulfill prescriptions for contraception. Great. (It is nice that Kass informed us that female contraception is particularly.
World O' Crap uncovers a real gem from University of Chicago "pro-life" ethicist Leon Kass, lecturing the kiddies in Focus on the Family's children's magazine, The Good Old Days When Women Were Bound. Oddly, we have yet another nationally prominent pro-lifer, endorsed by a major...
The editor of The Economist is currently on NPR. Responding to a question from a listener about Alan Greenspan's role in the Bush deficits, he deflected it by saying that.
Roger Ailes responds to the hapless Lord Weisberg:Actually, there's plenty of evidence that Rove and Libby knew exactly what they were doing -- why else would they go to such.
I don't mean to be stubborn, but I do have one caveat to add to the important information that Harriet Miers endorsed the Coathanger Human Life Amendment. Some people have argued that it's not important because one can believe that the Constitution should be amended...
This is a really good piece, and I think the punchline is particularly important: That the nukes we went in to eliminate did not, in fact, exist is scandal of.
Shorter Jonah Goldberg: Despite having never read any Harold Pinter, I'm convinced that his work is just political hackery in the form of art. Of course, this is the aesthetic.
I haven't said much about the Times article about Miller--like you, I get my news from firedoglake and other fine sources--but I do want to highlight this gem from Greg Mitchell:During the July 8, 2003, talk with Libby, he told her that Plame worked on...
It is rare indeed that a favorite blogger will use the phrase "The best commentary I've yet seen comes from Mickey Kaus." But that's nothing; via Edroso, I present my.
I was planning to start the week discussing this baffling post by Kos, but fortunately The Editors save me the trouble:I agree that this is a great proposition, and I.