I mentioned recently the unlikely but true fact that Van Halen could replace David Lee Roth and wind up with replacements that got exponentially worse. Well, should the NYT follow Hugh Hewitt's suggestions, something similar would be the case with respect to replacing Bill Safire. Sadly,...
Author: Scott Lemieux
I know we defeated Dems are supposed to be getting in touch with what blue-state urbanites like Nik Kristof consider to be "red state" culture. But if this consists of.
Fortunately, you won't be getting yet another interminable abortion post from me; instead, I can direct you to Julie Saltman, who points out that the recent abortion rider attached to.
Digby recently made a great point about the provision attached to a spending bill to allow organizations (federal and state, but of course) to accept government funding but refuse to provide counseling or referrals for abortions: This clause sounds like something the GOP would tell us...
A question: how bad would a script have to be for Nic Cage to turn it down?
Jon Henke mounts a defense of the indefensible tax proposals being mounted by the Bush administration. After briefly defending the President's transfer of the tax burden from capital to labor.
While I generally (if tentatively) agree with Ezra and the Moose that overturning Roe would be bad for the Republican Party at the national level (although, for reasons I've previously discussed, I think more states would ban abortion than is commonly assumed), I respectfully disagree with some of...
I'm not sure if Kenneth Baer is one of the people, specifically, that Atrios is talking about, but his article certainly exemplifies the central issue Atrios and Josh Marshall have identified. Now,.
Southern reactionaries have suddenly decided they're not so keen on the Madisonian institutional rules that have historically served their interests so well. Can't they make up their minds about what.
Uggabugga suggests a new seal for the DOJ.
While conceding that Christopher Hitchens's latest unintentionally risible strawman-burning is not one of his finest efforts (myself, I can't tell the difference), Michael Totten defends his central thesis, arguing that "[t]he American.
You know how Van Halen started with David Lee Roth, and yet somehow replaced him with a succession of lead singers who were exponentially worse? That pretty much sums up.