As a follow-up to Amanda's long-running series, we can perhaps help Chris Muir out by pointing him to an obscure document he seems to be unfamiliar with, the United States Constitution. As you can see, in his latest attempt to be as didactic and unfunny...
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All bow before Canada...BASEBALL SUPER-POWER! Adam Stern, Stubby Clapp, Pete LaForest, immortals all! I can't say that I was terribly excited about the WBC, but I admit I enjoyed watching.
Given the incessant whining from busybody reactionaries obsessed with the idea that The Vagina Monologues might be performed on a college campus and therefore permanently emasculate Dr. Prof. Mike Adams.
Between the confirmation of Samuel Alito and the appalling recent legislation passed in South Dakota this is a grim time in many respects for pro-choicers. For Blog Against Sexism Day, over the next three posts I'll point out why the pro-choice position is more coherent,...
In addition to posting here, for the next couple days I'll be joining some other excellent bloggers at Firedoglake. Make sure to check it out!
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, upheld the Solomon Amendment, thus forcing universities to permit the military to recruit on campus even if the.
Yet another argument about abortion by William Saletan. Whether it deserves more time than Elton gave it is I suppose debatable, but I can't resist. A lot of his points and rhetorical feints are familiar, so I'll dispense with them quickly, and get to the...
Well, Dave Kehr called it. And it makes sense--granting that Brokeback is better described as "very, very good" than "great," it was just too good to win Best Picture in.
I swear that this post is currently the lead story at Train Wreck Media (TM) (Prof. Glenn Reynolds, co-founder):Someone else (and I regret forgetting who) has mentioned the humorous fact.
I noted last year that Harper's--within living memory an outstanding publication--has become worthless. Discouraging people from taking HIV treatments based on crackpottery straight from the pages of Spin magazine really is taking things to a whole new level of shittiness, however. What's next, a cover...
The recently-discussed rape case has ended in an acquittal. The way the trail was conducted suggests that rape myths are, alas, alive and well:The verdict appalled victims' rights advocates, who.
In more positive news for film wankers, the Sundance Channel will be airing Olivier Assayas' extremely rarely screened masterpiece tonight (or, to be technical, early Saturday morning) at 1:30. It's.