One might think that the contest for the worst crime against aesthetics to have been committed in the name of of the teabaggers has been definitively ended by Victoria Jackson (clearer audio here for any masochists out there.) And yet, I'm not sure -- while...
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With the Imperial Grand Poobah-Elect of the Liberal Elites Who Discuss Literatchoor Association having already weighed in, it makes me feel embarrassed that my more modest responsibilities have delayed by.
This Arthur Brooks WSJ article illustrates most of the classic tropes of Republican anti-tax rhetoric: (1) Talk only about federal income taxes, which -- subject to a few marginal exceptions.
See Amanda and Lindsay on the new anti-abortion law enacted by the Nebraska legislature. As I used to write about a lot in the vast majority of the archives that inevitably haven't been migrated to the new blog, both anti-choicers and "centrists" have been fond...
In comments, Ed Whelan urges us to consider his response to the Emily Bazelon article I linked earlier. If there's supposed to be some sort of devastating response.
Emily Bazelon's article on Diane Wood and abortion is essential reading. The idea that there is something radical in her giving a particular and plausible interpretation of the notoriously vague.
Matt has an interesting response to my article about Obama's next judicial nominee, and I respond here. To elaborate a bit, I'm somewhat puzzled by Matt's argument that a concern with Elana Kagan's civil liberties record is "a quite different thing than the concern that...
Michael Barone essays some constitutional "analysis," which is touted by various wingers* who also don't know anything about constitutional law, except that the framers intended the Constitution to enact the.
Over at the Prospect I make the case for nominating an actual liberal for the Supreme Court. In particular, there's no political reason for not doing so: It might be.
Vladminir Putin has personally taken charge of the investigation of the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and much of his upper government and top brass this weekend. Certainly, this move is meant as a signal of solidarity with and support for the...
East: 1. Phi 2. Atl 3. Fla 4. NYM 5. Was I suppose on some level the Phillies are more vulnerable than they might seem; they feel like a great.
This new Taibbi classic reminds me of another crucial underpinning of the Robert Samuelson mindset: since it's easy to imagine churning out fourth-rate center-right boilerplate at a six-figure salary for.