Dave and Erik do the necessary work of flushing John Tierney's latest tripe on the Chilean privatized pension system. The only thing that surprised me about Tierney's column was how far behind he is on the Republican message. The Chilean "success" was trashed several months...
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Lindsay is very good on the attempts of various bloggers to defend the specious accusations of religious bigotry being dragged by various persons of bad faith into a debate about.
Abu Ghraib apologist Rush Limbaugh continues his ongoing inability to distinguish between consensual and non-consensual behaviors.
Matt Yglesias raises the interesting point that it's entirely possible that--whether or not it's a "slippery slope" in the sense of being logically inevitable (and I don't think it is)--the recognition of same-sex marriage will lead to the formal recognition of polyamorous relationships. Assuming for...
As someone who believes that spring break should be used for scholarly purposes, I thought it would be a good idea to observe oral arguments in the compelling case of.
Lindsay and iocaste are quite correct that John Tierney and David Brooks are drawing the wrong lesson from the recent studies which show that being modestly overweight correlates with longer.
When he's not buying Thai prostitutes, Nick Kristof occasionally gets one right.But if the Bush administration had just adopted the policies that Colin Powell initially pushed for - and that Mr. Bush largely came to accept several years later - then this mess could probably...
Seattle area readers,There will be a free screening of the Fog of War tomorrow from 6-9pm at the HUB Auditorium, under the auspices of Pi Sigma Alpha, UW's Political Science.
Final exam questions at Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring.I scored 7/10 on the True-False, 3/4 on the Make the Call, and 3/4 on the Fair or Foul.UPDATE: Fair or.
Can someone explain to me how Dennis Miller can stay on the air with these ratings? Wait, let me guess. Anyway, I suppose his Daily Show appearance was a futile attempt to save this Quinn-level train wreck. The thing is, as the appearance showed he...
Dave Noon takes the lead!Axis of Evel Knievel, Dave Noon: 803Discipline and Punish, Scott Lemieux: 795Swinging at Space, Kirk Jepsen: 765The Spot, Dave Watkins: 762New Mexico Alterdestiny, Erik Loomis: 746Oregon.
Norbizness offers excerpts from the long-lost draft of theStar Wars Episode 4: Some Guys With Cool Swords Spout New Age Banalities That Would Embarass Deepak Chopra screenplay. For example:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Obi-Wan: The.