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Law v. Partisan Hackdom

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On June 9, 2004
In late 2003, the Colorado Supreme Court struck down the partisan redistricting passed by the Republican legislature, as this redistricting plainly violated the state constitution’s mandate that redistricting be performed only once per decade. This case–a state court interpreting the state constitution–did not raise the slightest federal issue, and on Tuesday the Supreme Court refused to […]

The Final Word

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On June 8, 2004

Jesse Taylor on Christopher Snitchens: Chris Hitchens isn’t a useful idiot – he’s a useful asshole. He fills a slightly brainier niche than Dennis Miller does, although he’s f

The political spectrum

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On June 8, 2004

Through See the Forest, I find a link to Matt Stoller’s excellent post on different forms of partisanship. I don’t think he’s entirely fair in his critique of league of wonkish ce

A friend once noted that the most unnecessary liner note in history was Lou Reed writing on The Blue Mask that “my guitar is on the right stereo channel.” The one on the left belonged to the incomparableRobert Quine, who passed away this weekend. He was an incredibly gifted player. Many won’t have heard of him, but you […]

Darn that Liberal Media

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On June 7, 2004

Speaking of nonsense and Texas, I recall some time ago hearing about some impending legal trouble for Tom Delay. The story appears to be a bit complicated, involving a misbehaving PAC run by the bug m

The Phantom Menace Effect

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On June 6, 2004
Now that there’s a fairly broad consensus that The Phantom Menace was godawful, it’s often forgotten how well the movie was initially received not only by many fans but by much of the media as well. The likes of Roger Ebert gave the movie good reviews and taped fawning interviews with the hacktacular Mr. Lucas. The […]

Nukes

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On June 6, 2004

My post below on oil and alternative energy sources made no comment on nuclear power. There is a good reason for that–I’m not at all sure what I should think about nuclear power. I’v

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