In one of the least surprising developments in legal history, the recent federal act criminalizing D&E abortions was struck down in federal courts. This was inevitable, because the law directly contradicted a Supreme Court precedent that was less than 4 years old. So why did the...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Elton Beard effectively sums up Tom Friedman's latest ad hoc theory. But what strikes me most about it is that he chooses an example that completely repudiates his thesis: Is Vladimir Putin's.
Ezra Klein has an interesting discussion about the latest journalistic thumbsucker about blogs. My favorite part of the article he cites, however, is its discussion of the blogosphere's "rock stars," which.
When it comes to pragmatic arguments about Nader, I basically don't see the point. That Gore would have won had Nader not run in 2000 is indisputable; trying to argue the point is like arguing with creationists. It's also true that this outcome was not...
So here I am, the first syllable of the blogspot address...