More on Republicans very upset that the Republican shutdown is causing the government to be shut down. On the broader logic of Republican extortion, I like Krugman's metaphor: So you have this neighbor who has been making your life hell. First he tied you up...
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Yes, the fact that the opposition party is determined to sabotage it is a serious problem. Yes, there are genuinely difficult challenges involved, and hopefully we won't be hearing any.
There are multiple ways to indirectly inform people that your arguments are terrible, and Niall Ferguson avails himself of all of them. For example, attacking people by comparing cvs rather.
Behold the glories of "free markets" in health care, as Elisabeth Rosenthal's great series continues: Asthma — the most common chronic disease that affects Americans of all ages, about 40 million people — can usually be well controlled with drugs. But being able to afford...
I normally don't weigh in sports stuff because a.) I find sports incredibly boring and b.) I don't watch them. But the controversy over the Redskins' name caught my attention..
I hope John Farrell buys Ortiz the appropriate amount of dinners for bailing out his strange decision to stay with Bucholz several batters too long... This should be a hell.
Phil Mushnick, professional crotchety old crank who has no use for you kids today and your hippity-hop music and saggy jeans, wishes to bring a balanced perspective to Adrian Peterson's weekend. On the one hand, Peterson's two year-old son was beaten to death. On the...
At least one Tea Partier is a particularly big fan of Shelby County! What's actually much more telling that a single Confederate flag is the fact that the whole protest.
I've been out of touch because I'm in Tucson giving papers on logging history/eating burritos/hiking in the desert. I could provide you some links I like. Or I could just.
A few weeks back, I was sitting in my living room, rocking my son and watching television. He had fallen asleep, but was not deep enough into sleep for me to move and the remote control was not within reach. The television was set to...
I wonder if there's ever been a 3:56 nine-inning 1-0 game before in the entire history of major league baseball?
An aide for the Republican cannon fodder in the upcoming Senate race in New Jersey has some very Republican analysis to offer: In a profanity-filled assessment of the race delivered.