Too often, including in the comments at this blog, the idea that labor unions and environmentalists have irreconcilable goals goes unchallenged. But there is in fact significant common ground. Over the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Transit Workers Union, health care unions, and other unions opposed...
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Apparently, John Roberts's grasp of statistics ranks roughly with Glenn Reynolds's. Relatedly, a view from Mississippi, that racially egalitarian paradise: “I’m going to go out on a limb here, but.
ESPN told me so. CNN told me so. NPR told me so. So it must be true. And it is, damn it. All I can say is that I'm much.
The Obama Administration Obama Administration's appointees in the State Department announces its approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline at 4 pm on Sequester Friday. How brave. Disaster for the climate. Hardly surprised, greatly disappointed. Obama will not go down as a president good on environmental...
The Obama administration filed a brief arguing that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. Bmaz is very upset, calling it "cowardly," "timid," and a "states rights" argument. (I find the latter charge.
With the EPL (Or does Swansea make it the BPL?). I started getting Fox Soccer Channel about a year ago, and I'm getting involved with soccer generally (I'm watching La.
A bare majority of the Supreme Court appears poised to declare racism in America officially dead, or at least a problem the Congress can longer concern itself with. And of course, it helps if you define racism the Republican way (i.e. there are the persons...
The homophobia that flows through the NFL is not just with poorly educated players saying stupid things. It's central to the whole system. University of Colorado tight end Nick Kasa.
This country is so weird. Sometimes exhilarating and sometimes incredibly depressing, the United States is full of paradoxes. This is a tough week for me. There's one big thing to.
We have a small M.A. program in history at URI. I sit on the graduate committee. Some of the letters of recommendation I have read are truly appalling in their sloppiness, misspellings, etc. When I write a letter of recommendation for someone, I take that...
The Republican male anti-woman agenda in a nutshell, via Wisconsin wingnut Rep. Sean Duffy. Questioner: “I’m wondering about whether or not Rep. Duffy if you would support the legislation that’s.
Ian Millhiser with more on the discredit historical roots of the Republican attack on the VRA. Jon Cohn on the unspeakable terror of being "threatened" by Gene Sperling. Tiger and.