I think Chait gets the dynamics of the debt-ceiling hostage-taking exactly right: Obama absolutely cannot negotiate under any circumstances, which is unfortunate since Boehner is exactly the kind of clown who would end up shooting the hostage: Obama’s incentive structure is simple, then: Allowing Republicans...
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This is good news: New Jersey must allow gay couples to marry starting Oct. 21, because the state's civil union law is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to same-sex couples, a.
I'm not sure why there's been an uptick on violence against Sikhs -- tensions with Iran? Syria? I don't know -- but I'm noticing it more and more, and I.
These two posts by Rebecca Watson made me chuckle because A.) they were biting and funny and B.) because they reminded me of my experience posting under this old Amanda Marcotte article for Slate. The comment section was basically filled with posts like "Come on,...
Mark Tushnet's typically excellent new book about the Roberts Court represents an epochal historical moment -- I believe it's the first time this blog has been cited in book form.
This post is part of a series. The first post is here.. A third post is here. Background information here. I got a particularly glossy and garish bit of law.
Buying a new car in 2014? Check out the United Auto Workers list of union-made vehicles before you buy (PDF, see here if you don't to link straight to it. This list will grow after the UAW-Volkswagen partnership in Chattanooga goes through.
Once again, humans are a disaster for almost every other species on the planet.
David Gilmour, a professor at University of Toronto, said this: “I’m not interested in teaching books by women. Virginia Woolf is the only writer that interests me as a woman.
Even good, respectable Yankee-hating people have to admire Mariano Rivera, and the Yankees really know how to do this stuff right. (I loved Metallica playing him live into the Sunday ceremony, I must admit.) As a regular season closer, his greatness was more in his...
Not only does Megan McArdle not understand how agricultural subsidies work, she creates a myth about giving money to people for working being better than giving money to people for.
If these crazy demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling briefly are indicative, among the Republican demands we can probably expect in the near future in exchange for not.