You will be shocked to learn that highly implausible claims that executives who simultaneously knew nothing about the actions that destroyed their companies and have irreplacable expertise would flee en masse if not given as much taxpayer money as they saw fit turn out to...
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I'm not sure how Ben Stein's understanding of Constitutional law compares with his understanding of science or the convolutions of the market, but he certainly has a flair for atom-splitting.
Black and Cole make a point that can't be made often enough: the pro-choice position is a principled moral position, reflecting important moral values. Women's equality and freedom are real.
Col. Mustard poses what he considers a difficult question: What if Barack Obama were not President, and Democrats did not control Congress. Would liberals be so willing to give the federal government this sweeping power? Yes. In fact, if the next Republican president wants to...
Some Republican just claimed that the health care bill would be the most "massively pro-abortion bill since Roe v. Wade." I suspect here that the "stupid or lying" question is,.
A great progressive moment. And what Yglesias said about Pelosi.
It's pretty impressive that John Boehner's first substantive argument (that you won't be able to keep your health insurance under this plan) is a flagrant, baldfaced lie. I'm also interested in his claim that members of Congress are bound in all cases to vote consistently...
Over on The Corner, Andy McCarthy unwittingly claims that Democrats are morally superior to Republicans: I know we tire of the hypocrisy, but I really think this is remarkable. We.
In light of Rep. Paul Broun's nutty invocation of the "Great War of Yankee Aggression" the other day, it's good to see that actual Confederate wannabees aren't completely losing their.
It's unfortunate that they couldn't get the majority without cutting a deal with these clowns, but the difference (while bad) is also minor, so you do what you have to do. ...and, yes, it didn't even involve much of a concession; the primary one seemed...
And of course, the push for civil rights legislation was an utter failure, and produced no positive consequences of note for Americanswhite southern men. But former Republican House speaker Newt.
Glenn Reynolds: "here are some photos from that antiwar rally today in DC. Note the Soviet-nostalgia T-shirt. But guess which one the press will cast as “extremist?”" Glenn Reynolds, quoting.