Ampersand's post about the ineffectiveness of diets has generated a lot of discussion. Another responder is Jane Galt, who in addition to some sensible points about the non-immutability of weight gain makes this very strange (although common) argument:But it may not be a bad strategy...
Author: Scott Lemieux
From Unclaimed Territory.
Radley Balko has a terrific article about no-knock warrants, which does a particularly good job of outlining the way that the War On (Some Classes of People Who Use Some).
Some new data:The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing federal prosecutors of ethnic bias in a sting last summer in which South Asian owners of convenience stores in Georgia were charged with selling household ingredients that could be used to make methamphetamine, a highly addictive...
Shorter Jonah Goldberg #1: When you look at moderate liberal publications, you'll find that they don't want revolutionary change. Shorter Jonah Goldberg #2: You don't have to be a brilliant.
Duke's lacrosse coach has resigned, and the season officially cancelled. Some more information has been released about one of the scumbags in question:Earlier Wednesday, authorities unsealed documents stating that hours.
Before I had a chance to respond to Yglesias' repeating of highly flawed received wisdom about competitive balance and baseball, he finds some relevant data. To this, I will add that 1)as demonstrated in the Historical Abstract, baseball was more competitively balanced in the 90s...
DHS pedophilia edition.
I don't have a whole lot to add to the Supreme Court's denial of cert in the Padilla case that if you're interested you haven't read elsewhere. It's certainly quite.
Shorter Jason Apuzzo: based on my trademark film trailer and poster criticism, I assume that this movie is a brief against guns. This makes it highly hypocritical because many film directors actually like guns, and as we all know "Hollywood" is a monolithic entity in...
...must be "politically incorrect." A classic example:"That's when my public school principal (in Orange, CA) decreed that the '69 World Series would be played over the school PA system. With.
The winners of the Koufax Awards are up. A terrific list, as you would expect. Special shout-outs go to long-time friends and supporters of L, G & M Shakespeare's Sister,.