Lindsay Beyerstein draws our attention to a truly dismaying attempt to Johnny Cash as a symbol for Republican politics. Appalling. I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner...
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The decline in affirmative action over the last several years should be a major cause for concern for anyone interested in social justice. We often hear from rightwingers how affirmative.
I use this space to vent about the various pathologies of the New York Times pretty regularly, but I'll say this for that particular: in the post-Janet "Titanic is the movie.
When I was in Montreal on Wednesday, two justices were appointed to the Canadian Supreme Court. Media coverage has focused on the fact that 1)the Canadian court now has an apparently unprecedented gender near balance, with 4 of the 9 justices being women, and 2)both justices...
In a coup for the blogosphere, fafblog obtains a rare interview with the President.
I'm too lazy to find the link, but a little while ago, Matt Yglesias posted something about how he preferred Fox News to CNN, as it had more real actual.
Josh Marshall is right: The Kerry campaign can and should be all over Bush's sudden allergy to 527's. And it should be mockery. Look, as stupid as the 'flip-flop' stuff is, it can be effective. The press isn't as pro-Bush as they used to be,...
A broken clock is right twice a day, and the GOP talking point that Kerry isn't running much on his actual governing record (not that Bush is, either) has some.
I was planning about blogging about this, as I took Harper's to read on the plane to Montreal and was dismayed to see that the Lapham essay was extra-long, hence taking.
David Neiwart is a really smart and interesting guy. His journalism is almost always worth reading. His book on the patriot (read: militia) movement here in the Pacific Northwest is a valuable document and a great read. So when it comes time to draw up...
Last night was perhaps the best since the Henry Bonilla. Catch the replay if you missed it. Fortunately, Atrios captures one of the best bits. One thing this SBVT stuff has.
From a U.S. News gossip column, via Kos: Bushies say that several performers, including [Lee Ann] Womack, Randy Travis, and even 1970s rock band Foghat have offered to tour to offset Bruce.