Like the Iraq war but more so, the candidacy of Alan Keyes is a nice way to separate garden-variety hacks from the true virtuosos. Somewhat disappointingly, many reactionary pundits and bloggers recognize Alan Keyes's candidacy for the colossal embarrassment that it is. Where can one...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Dahlia Lithwick--yet another guest columnist who would be a vast improvement over a majority of the current crew on the Times op-ed page--has a good column about "judicial activism." She summarizes.
I see that Wan Juilliams is at it again, this time on that thatliberalNPR, pitching the same abject nonsense about the allegedly effective strategy George Bush is cooking up to appeal to.
One of the many great features on baseball reference.com is a feature that allows you to look up the players who share your birthday. (And to think my degree only took six years!) Alas, my team is almost as crappy as my list of celebrity birthdays (although...
More on the appalling O'Reilly/Russert interview from the typically brilliant Bob Somerby. I think the important point the Howler emphasizes is Russert's culpability. To criticize O'Reilly for being a lying bully.
Professer Reynolds, in the midst of one of several apologias for a Michelle Malkin doorstop defending explicitly, undeniably racist internment policies, claims that some photoshop satires of the book are "frankly.
I'm glad that Media Matters has posted the best clip from O'Reilly and Krugman's joint appearance on the CNBC Russert Show. Being extremely ill, I actually watched the whole thing, and this clip is basically how the entire thing went. O'Reilly lies through his teeth, Krugman...
Congratulations to the Smartest Pitcher Who Ever Lived.
A terrific post at TalkLeft, discussing a Red Cross report that--if the charges contained within it are ultimately proven to be true--would mean that war crimes were committed at Guantanamo. One.
Anderson v. King Sims--the case discussed by Dave below--can be read in its entirety here. It's actually worth reading. It's lucid and relatively short. Progressives should familiarize themselves with this and similar rulings, because reactionary opponents of the decision will inevitably describe it as radical "judicial...
This NYT profile of conservative vanity candidate Ralph Nader has some useful information. First, I think we can put to rest the rationalization that, against all evidence, Nader would refrain from.
It would be difficult to imagine a movie from a major filmmaker sounding worse that Spike Lee's latest joint, She Hate Me. The centerpiece of the film apparently involves a.