The Editors point to some data that should compel us to keep things in perspective:House vote: 253-168 60.1%Republicans: 219-7 96.9%Democrats: 34-160 17.5%Senate vote: 65-34 65.7%Republicans: 53-1 98.1%Democrats: 12-32 27.3%As he, and Glenn , Tom and Barbara remind us, let's make sure we keep focus on...
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Perdro out for the season. And the NL playoffs keep getting more interesting...
The vote national disgrace tally doesn't seem to be up on Thomas yet. According to Lederman:Democrats voting in favor included Carper, Johnson, Landrieu, Lautenberg [!!], Lieberman[Seriously, Go Fuck Yourself Joe--Why.
Yglesias and ogged ask about the constitutionality of the Arbitrary Detention and Torture Act of 2006. I wish I had good news, but...On the Habeas Corpus issue, the Constitution is regrettably clear-cut. Article I, s.9:The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be...
A full list of the Senators who have disgraced themselves and their country by removing any meaningful constraints on the President's ability to detain and torture anybody at his whim.
I'm enthusiastically awaiting the arrival The Last King of Scotland in Lexington, but I must admit that Dana Stevens review of the film reminds me a little bit of Chinua.
Crooked Timber recently had a post asking what would have happened had the northern framers refused to go along with a Constitution that protected slavery. To posit a counterfactual at a later date, occasional Balkinization contributor Mark Graber has a quite brilliant new book about...
Chuckle: RICHMOND — U.S. Sen. George Allen once again is being told to lay off the Confederate flag. But this time, it's not from the people who abhor the Dixie.
A few baseball notes: As a commenter notes, Billy Beane has somehow won another division title, not only with a low payroll but with their ace starter limited to 34.
Shorter Jonah Goldberg: Remember, it's not a lie...if you believe it. I can't decide what's more incoherent; Goldberg in torture, or Reynolds on leaks. (Actually, in a way, Reynolds' position on leaking is perfectly consistent: if it helps the political interests of the Bush administration,...
Wow, Marty Peretz really is a piece of work. First, you get the Peretz attempt to be witty ("It is true that for a few years in recent times I.
Yglesias on Peretz on France:French dovishness comes down to one war -- Iraq, part deux -- that France didn't want to fight, and that France was right not to want.