It's obviously good news that the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that anti-gay discrimination in the state's statutory rape law is unconstitutional. This would this also seem to mean that Michael M.--which ruled that statutory rape laws that exclude women from punishment are constitutional--is an...
General
I predict that pitching, hitting, and defense will be decisive.White Sox in 6.Let this serve as an open game 1 thread.
As Rob's recent post notes, the presence of one team that hasn't played in a World Series since its inception in 1962 and another that hasn't won since the Wilson.
I'm trying as hard as I can to maintain my contrarian stance about Harriet Miers. (And, ultimately, I still maintain it; I still haven't heard a persuasive argument, in specific and tangible terms, explaining why whatever damage it is that Miers would do could possibly...
Redbeard has some strong opinions about standardized testing and NCLB.
Ah, looks like phony First Amendment martyr Judy Miller is finally being abandoned by the Times, although this would have meant considerably more had the Times figured this out a.
I've seen a fair amount of this lately:The crucial difference between fans of the Red Sox and Cubs and those of the White Sox and Astros is that the latter had the decency to keep their suffering to themselves.The White Sox have gone longer than...
Media Girl notes that Target is defending its pharmacists when they refuse to fulfill prescriptions for contraception. Great. (It is nice that Kass informed us that female contraception is particularly.
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Frankie
World O' Crap uncovers a real gem from University of Chicago "pro-life" ethicist Leon Kass, lecturing the kiddies in Focus on the Family's children's magazine, The Good Old Days When Women Were Bound. Oddly, we have yet another nationally prominent pro-lifer, endorsed by a major...
The editor of The Economist is currently on NPR. Responding to a question from a listener about Alan Greenspan's role in the Bush deficits, he deflected it by saying that.
While wandering Duck of Minerva, I happened to click on this, a book called The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins. The Amazon summary reads:Was.