I never watch her myself, but I always assumed everyone I knew did, so I'm disappointed to learn that her "popularity" is entirely due to her manipulation of the Twitter machine. As Dan Riehl notes, "Hmm." Because exactly. It's much more likely that Maddow's at...
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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.
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 happier to have the greatest player in the world actually look like he's enjoying his...
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..
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 Liga on BEIN as well, but that's more of a FWB thing for now). Amongst...
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.
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 celebrate--the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, with stronger protections for marginalized groups and...
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.
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.