I have been informed by several commenters that the beliefs about the limits of presidential power held by pretty much everyone to have studied the issue have been proven wrong. I am especially happy to provide the link, as I can't imagine a better (if...
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I remember the 1987 Great Alaska Shootout well. It featured heralded recruits (and Prop 48 casualties) Terry Mills' and Rumeal Robinson's first games as Michigan basketball stars, and we all.
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Why do I not find it the least bit surprising that the "Tigers" in the LSU Tigers is not named for the animal but for the Louisiana Tigers, a notoriously murderous company of Confederate soldiers from the state... Now Oregon's loss hurts even more. If...
The Father of Bluegrass turns 100 today. More than any other musician in American history, Bill Monroe can claim to have invented a genre of music. He took elements of.
I think that to the extent that Bachmann's assertions that the Massachusetts health care bill is unconstitutional were a gaffe, it was a Kinsleyean gaffe. That is, I think at.
I strongly recommend John Sides's post, and for that matter I also strongly recommend On Deaf Ears and the Strategic Presidency, the most essential readings about the presidency this side of Nuestadt and Skowronek. One thing I should add is that -- while public opinion...
A lawyer's story.
Applause lines: The uninsured should be left to die. Said uninsured parents should have daughters who die unnecessarily of cervical cancer. A Fed Chairman who tries to fulfill his mandate.
Good piece on the two-tiered wage system at UAW organized auto plants. Like a lot of labor people, I am really torn by this. On the one hand, it has helped get more people decent (if not now great) jobs. It has helped keep the...
"We must kill the Great Society in order to save it." ...give this to Bai: without Jon Huntsman, where would he be getting the botched Nirvana references that are so.
Is the current Congress the worst ever for environmental issues? Almost certainly, though you could probably say the same thing for many issues. Worst Congress ever? There's a lot of.