Today, on the implications of the "don't speak ill of the (recently) dead" rule: But the key point is this: those who admire the deceased public figure (and their politics) aren't silent at all. They are aggressively exploiting the emotions generated by the person's death...
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A federal judge has persuasively ruled that the Obama administration's disgraceful decision to refuse over-the-counter access to emergency contraception for young women under 18 was illegal. The decimation of the.
On April 8, 1952, President Harry Truman nationalized the steel industry in order to forestall a strike scheduled the next day that would have shut down steel production during the.
R.I.P. ...[Erik] In case you need a whole soundtrack of anti-Thatcher songs. [DB]: even more music, with analysis. I think I'd rather be in the UK for this coverage, as it promises to be somewhat more balanced than here.
First-rate reporting by Alana Semuels. Read the whole etc., but the bottom line as a teaser: The relentless drive for efficiency at U.S. companies has created a new harshness in.
To celebrate what's going to be a very Mad Men week here -- at least two posts by me and a podcast starring an illustrious cast of thousands -- I.
The great documentarian is no more.
Recommending a Ross Douthat column is like seeing an ivory-billed woodpecker. You know that it is probably impossible, but theoretically one could emerge once every century. Amazingly, today is the.
I really like the athletic director who comes on at 1:20 of yesterday's SNL skit: I don't want to be unduly optimistic -- if American history has taught us anything,.
Get your damned gubmit out of Curt Schilling's Galtian entrepreneurship! Providence, R.I. game developer 38 Studios knew it was in dire straits before it moved the company from Massachusetts to the Ocean State, according to documents filed in Rhode Island Superior Court. Rhode Island Economic...
Anytime a major newspaper discusses historiographical trends, it's worth noting. That it's about the rise of the history of capitalism as a field is more notable. In my opinion, this.
Pierce pretty much sums up my feelings about Obama's clear support for the Keystone XL pipeline and the broader failure of this nation to do anything at all about climate.