OK, this is probably the essence of Bushism--getting scientific information about crucial issues from fourth-rate hack novelists:In his new book about Mr. Bush, "Rebel in Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush," Fred Barnes recalls a visit to the White House...
Author: Scott Lemieux
George W. Bush wants people to visualize wealth, man: In an hourlong speech in one of the most politically troublesome states for Republicans in this year's midterm elections, Mr. Bush.
Shorter Jonah Goldberg: If BSG's writers were more imaginative, using state coercion to force women to carry pregnancies to term would be about...freedom! They should hire Jeff Goldstein to write.
Normally I would be pretty depressed that Canada was losing to Switzerland in the 3rd period (granting that the Swiss have already beaten a top 3 team--when the hell did they become credible?). But seeing Todd Bertuzzi take an idiotic penalty (and yet another crease...
Ah, that's very good to see (and I think we're the city's second most conservative borough.) Aside from the parochial back-slapping, however, the article contains important information for the clueless.
Shorter K-Lo: If feminists were serious about women's rights, they would obviously want women to be subject to a bewildering, irrational, and inequitable obstacle course studded with scientifically inaccurate nanny-state.
Ezra noticed perhaps the most ludicrous part (and it's a tough call, given that he's doing stuff like comparing box office takes from two weeks of ride release versus F 9/11's entire run) of Mickey Kaus's interminable jihad against Brokeback Mountain: his claim that giving...
I agree entirely with Eugene Volokh and Sebatsian Holsclaw about the Bok cartoon. I pretty much always avoid using the term "politically correct" pejoratively, because its invocation is a very.
Hey, I didn't say it--I think he's obviously a very smart guy. But according to Scalia: "People who believe the Constitution would break if it didn't change with society are.
Going out for a nice Valentine's Day coffee, I made the mistake of reading John Tierney, who used the occasion to spew some bullshit ev-psych tautologies that were egregious jagoffery even by his usual standards. Fortunately, Echidne and Amanda have already covered that angle. So,...
I thought I saw in the paper today that it was 2006. But looking at who has the best-selling album in the country this week, that's quite obviously not the.
With respect to the recent discussion of inequality in domestic duties being held among Belle, Amanda and Matt, I'm basically 90% in agreement: indeed I don't think there's any question.