and, no, this is not about the regrettable Polanski affair. I'm befuddled and bemused by that one. This, on the other hand, makes obvious sense: LGM's favorite ex-Governor of Alaska needs not only her own auto / biography, she also needs one aimed at nine...
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And Richard Cohen ups the ante in the long-running competition to see which denizen of Fred Hiatt's crayon scribble page can engage in the most appalling apologia for child rape..
I would say that the latest example staunch Republican opposition to expanded access to birth control should be the end of that, but 1)it never "began" in the sense of.
George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010. Although I've been a card -carrying Yankee hater for pretty much throughout my living memory, I've always had a certain respect for Steinbrenner, essentially for the same reason one should virtually always be pro-player in sports labor negotitations. It's true that the...
While a couple of commenters to this thread raised reasonable (if not entirely convincing to me) questions about problems with the actions of California authorities in seeking extradition, I also.
Via Ralph Luker, here's an animated recapitulation of the world's nuclear tests since 1945. Even with every month reduced to a second, it takes several minutes to gain momentum; from.
Harvey Pekar wasn't included on the list of people I'm officially allowed to mourn, but that doesn't mean I won't mourn his passing anyway. I first came to American Splendor too early—when I started reading Love and Rockets and Cerebus in 1993—and then too late—after...
I think Yglesias has the apporpriate response to Jacob Weisberg's comically belated discovery that John McCain is a cynical hack: But I feel like some of the media’s John McCain.
As Paul notes below, the Swiss government has decided that fugitive child rapist Roman Polanski will not be extradited to face justice. Defending an indefensible proposition inevitably requires some gross.
Three apparently unrelated news stories: (1) Several hundred fans with tickets to the Spain-Germany semi-final missed the game because FIFA contrived to allow the private jets of what in 18th century England was known as the Quality to land at their owners' convenience. (2) The...
19:30 (BST), 14:30 (EDT), 11:30 (PDT). When I mentioned that an English ref is to officiate this match, I inexplicably failed to see the obvious connection: the last time Holland.
I get mail: If this combination of two of your favorite topics doesn't rouse you from your blogging doldrums, nothing will. To which I replied: My my. Then I started.