I actually don't think it's surprising that conservatives have suddenly decided that privacy and dignity should be given some weight in the War on Terror (TM). The problem is that the awful new TSA program isn't arbitrary enough for them. As I've said before, Robert...
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Holy Joe Lieberman.
Ireland has been a teabagger laboratory, going with a program of austerity to deal with a financial crisis. How's that been working out? Ireland’s economy shrank 7.1 percent last year.
Since Charli has noted the ways in which Marc Thiessen is wrong in ways that are grossly immoral and dangerous for national security, I'll note that like so many modern Republicans he seems to take pride in being wrong about everything, even stuff that there's...
I had the tremendous pleasure of appearing on a forum with Marc Thiessen earlier this week, sponsored by the UMass Republican Club. Thiessen was there to promote his new book,.
“We're kind of trying to make allies with every continent around the world, aren't we? But then at the same time, we're like trying to take over those continents too..
I try not to pay attention to Glenn Beck, but even when I have, I never really paid attention to him. But when an old friend, someone I genuinely respect, forwarded me a link to Beck's archive and dared me to refute his logic, I...
Erik Voeten directs our attention this new initiative by scholars, who have now set their gun sights on military spending. Let's hope the Ivory Tower has more influence this time.
Liptak has an interesting piece on opinion-writing on the Roberts Court, and in particular the debate within the Court about whether they should be using the relatively tiny number of.
You have to wonder what the Islanders are trying to accomplish in taking away Chris Botta's credentials. I maybe can see a Machiavellian logic in blackballing non-propagandistic reporters if you're a really popular franchise, although I doubt that it's actually productive. But when you're the...
So I've been complaining a bit lately about Facebook's "See Friendship" feature. Turns out it's even worse than I originally thought. See, it's not just any two of your friends.
Three days ago, LGM suggested that playing a football game with a (padded!!) brick wall on the end line of the field might be a dubious idea. Apparently this stunning.