Apparently, Jon Ronson's new book has a lengthy defense of Jonah Lehrer, equating him with Justine Sacco, the PR person who lost her job over a single apparently racist tweet that almost certainly wasn't. As Daniel Engber explains in detail, this really isn't going to...
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The anti-sweatshop activism of the late 1990s and early 2000s has been on the upswing lately, partially in response to the outrages of the 1134 workers dying at the Rana.
Nick Gillespie has a question of great seriousity: Who’s Better on Race Than Rand Paul? Seriously. And I include Hillary Clinton. And not just on one or two token positions..
We enjoyed celebrating the 150th anniversary of crushing treason in defense of slavery. Time to start bemoaning the 150th anniversary of losing the peace. As Reconstruction got underway, former Confederates again and again invoked their interpretation of the Appomattox terms, and particularly the “remain undisturbed”...
Cohn's analysis is very strong. I agree with the bottom line -- it's essentially a race between Walker and Bush (I would put the former significantly ahead), with maybe Rubio.
Fitting that on the 150th anniversary of Appomattox we have reason to remember Sherman's march through Western Canada. I mentioned last year that there has generally been one overachieving NHL.
Have a peaceful and quiet evening with Akira Sakata.
Who thought the Democratic primary needed an elite white ex-Republican governor who had to end his reelection campaign because he was held in such contempt in his home state? Chafee.
I'm not surprised that people are creating ideological justifications for the New Gilded Age. I am surprised however that one of them is Eric Hobsbawm's daughter. Julia Hobsbawm is on.
Suitable for screencapping, let me say that I think the Daily Caller is a first-rate news organization that will totally be the conservative New York Times.
Above: The two kindest, gentlest men in American history. What did Richard Nixon think of Hillary Clinton? Well, this is probably about the easiest question in the world to answer..
What's particularly scary about the cold-blooded killing of Walter Scott is that Slager almost certainly would have not been charged had he not been videotaped.