Earlier this week, the Republican minority in the Senate blocked the nomination of Nina Pillard. The stated reasons included her participation in the litigation of some cases that ultimately ended up in the Supreme Court. And, in fairness, her positions were so radical that they...
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In a previous post I estimated that the large majority of ABA law schools are running substantial deficits this fiscal year. This post is about the consequences of that situation..
The folks at Whiskey Fire are talking about it what it takes to churn out conservative kids. I think everyone is making this much more difficult than it needs to.
For some reason, Bill Clinton has decided to play into the hands of the bad guys on the ACA: In the midst of the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration has done a fairly effective job persuading red-state Democrats to refrain...
Tonight's look at the past is even weirder and more unsettling than usual. This is a 1950 newsreel clip of Austin woman Louella Gallagher, who put on public knife throwing.
Given the ideology of the Republican Party in 1865 and 2013, I guess it is fitting that Springfield, Illinois is looking to sell off the public cemetery where Abraham Lincoln.
Evidently, the Women’s Health Protection Act isn't going to pass anytime soon. But I agree that it's another welcome sign that Democrats have decided to stop being timorous on reproductive rights: What’s most bracing about the proposed bill is that it represents a willingness on...
Oh, for fuck's sake:Abraham Lincoln, a Democrat? So says a plaque at a public university in Lincoln’s home state of Illinois, where, since 1905, students at Northeastern Illinois University in.
The increasingly common multiracial faces of America, via National Geographic. I'm sure all the old white people in Alabama who are hearing Spanish at their favorite buffet restaurants, the old.
Submitted without comment. OK, one: if loving Allen West’s new book cover is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. I’m an artist with a pretty detailed knowledge of Photoshop…and I wouldn’t change a thing.
I watched Man of Steel again yesterday, and all I can say is that on second-viewing, I'm impressed by Zak Synder's subtlety. He captured Superman's insectile origins quite superbly --.
Rick Perlstein's piece about how the Tea Party is just the latest in a long series of similar reactionary insurgencies is outstanding. The follow-up also makes a crucial point: The.