The more I read, the more I'm dubious about the apparent coming increase in gender segregation in K-12 schools. Neil reminds us of The Happy Feminist's terrific post this summer on the subject, in which she points us to some of the underlying theoretical claims...
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Waterboarding--now officially endorsed by the Vice President of the United States (whether his lackeys lie about it or not)--is, in fact, torture. Lederman and Balkin explain in detail. I also.
K-Lo's attempts to convince herself that Rick Santorum can win are pretty sad. Still--particularly since she seems to realize its futility on some level--I don't think that she can hold.
Erik identifies the most objectionable thing offered up by a Hitchens in his New Yorker profile; he's become pathetic enough that it's hard to dislike him entirely. I like Mimi Smartypants's take on his claim about the four most overrated things in life. On the...
I think I can speak for nearly everyone in wishing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a happy 50th birthday (which he would be celebrating, of course, if he abided by the Gregorian rather.
This is strangely comforting:Let us assume that a vampire need feed only once a month. This is certainly a highly conservative assumption given any Hollywood vampire film. Now two things.
As much as I hate to concede any point to Tim McCarver...I knew Chris Duncan was a bad outfielder, but I didn't know that he made Pete Incaviglia look like Roberto Clemente. (And they're calling the Casey fly a double? There's home cooking, and then...
Shorter Verbatim Camille Paglia: "I was bitterly disappointed after voting for Ralph Nader that he didn't devote himself to helping build a strong third party in this country." Paglia was.
I have an article up at TAP Online retroactively assessing the decision to go to war against the Taliban.Ezra and Spencer comment.
Herbert. The poor guy was diagnosed with diabetes last week. This photo is from a 18 months ago, when he was three pounds heavier and actually had the energy to clean himself and go outside to kill things. Lately, he's been just lying around the...
I have a post up at TAPPED about the total ban on abortions in Nicaragua. As a follow-up, Liza Sabater provides valuable cultural context.
George Allen and Matt Drudge: world-class wankers. See also Steve on the contemporaneous conservative reactions to Webb's novel. Meanwhile, Patterico trots out the "but Democrats would hypothetically be doing the.