I recently mentioned Stuart Taylor's latest collection of evidence-free assertions that Alito is a moderate, which is no better than his terrible Newsweek article. Some of the problems are familiar. The bulk of the column discusses some of his decisions in order to debunk the...
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Several bloggers have noted the extremely important change in practices with respect to civil rights enforcement at the DOJ. To repeat a point I made before, for the most part.
Professor B has a very thoughtful partial defense of Maureen Dowd, and raises a lot of good points. I certainly don't want to deny that internalized sexism could have affected.
As Jane says, a special hall of infamy should be erected to house the five "Democrats" who voted to strip habeas corpus rights, preferably in shackles:Kent Conrad - North DakotaJoe Lieberman - William F. BuckleyMary Landrieu - LouisianaBen Nelson - NebraskaRon Wyden - OregonA very...
In a post with rather more protein than wisdom, Jeff Goldstein accuses Kevin Drum of "lying by omission" because while Drum claimed that Reynolds was attacking the patriotism of "Democrats".
In light of the latest manifestation of Glenn Reynolds' demagogic hackery, I think we need to be reminded of how Kevin Drum's title should probably be modified along the lines.
When you think about it, it's amazing how many aspects of Republican economic and foreign policy Homer's reasoning can account for. ("This time, huge-tax-cuts-with-increased-spending-except-for-food-stamps program is sure to work!")
Shorter Glenn Reynolds: If only the Democrats would abandon the confiscatory tax rates and stagnant economic growth of the Clinton years and embrace the booming growth and lush surpluses of.
I figured that Linus was a strong possibility, but I guess this isn't surprising in retrospect...You are Charlie Brown! Which Peanuts Character are You?brought to you by Quizilla(Via Lance.)
I see Stuart Taylor is again trying to sell the "Alito is a harmless moderate" line with a lot of diversion and pretty much no evidence. I'll probably have more on that latter. The punchline, however, is something we're hearing a lot:It should also explore...
Ezra sez:At this point, virtually the only initiative I'd vote for is one to get rid of initiatives. It's not that the voters are bad folks, but they're not trained.
Shorter Stanley Kurtz: Let me tell you something. You're in a hell, and you're gonna die in a hell, just like the rest of 'em!I think it all has its.