During the depths of my illness Blogger ate a post I wrote about Amy Sullivan’s inevitable post-election abortion column. I had planned to just let it rest, particularly given Atrios’ devastating reply, but seeing definitively inept Dem spokesperson Donna Brazile spout similar nonsense in the NYT reminded me that this will become an ongoing theme and worth attacking. […]
Category: General
1) Hire a real economist. There are real right-wing economists out there–several of them. I’m sure a few of them would be willing to write now and again for such an august and historic pu
Make sure to take Roger Ailes’s year in review quiz. And hope that we’ll get Jesse Taylor’s 20 most annoying conservatives soon…
When recently discussing the best-reviewed movies of the year, I (perhaps willfully) left one obvious candidate out. Well, among the best critics of the vaguely alternative press, I’m afraid Before Sunset is the year’s best-reviewed film. Since I haven’t actually seen it, I guess I can’t say more than I already have. Although if it’s better than #2 […]
A terrific post by Lindsay Beyerstein noting that to the extent they’re meaningful, claims that the United States is a “Christian Nation” are false. Indeed, I think her point that &
I wrote recently that Sideways was the best reviewed film of the year. I’m not sure if this is true any longer; the reviews from top critics of Million Dollar Baby have been remarkably good
I’ve spent the last several days with my family, away from computers and email. This has given me time to ponder various trivialities far more than I, or anyone, should. In that spirit, I have a pointless observation and equally pointless question. Due to the near-complete failure of my generation to breed efficiently, my family […]
from your friends at Lawyers, Guns & Money. Have fun, be safe, and never forget that the Yankees suck ass.
Today’s clue is that I’m sitting at home in my pajamas watching oral arguments before Washington State Surpreme court. I just learned about the fascinating way in which court of appeals ju
As most D.C. cynics predicted, it appears as if a stadium financing deal is in place, pending a council vote. But, at least, it will be done with half private financing, so Cropp deserves some credit. At a minimum, I hope that the hysterics from people who said that any further negotiation would kill the deal […]
The Seattle PI has a relatively unremarkable story on the economic fallout of the recent oil spill in The Aleutians today. Short-term influx of work, dollars, and filled hotel rooms, tempered by conc
Many of us political theory types have a particular interest in the facts and fictions of the founding moments of political societies, especially under extreme and unusual circumstances. Lost, ABC