I can't decide if Ampersand at Alas, A Blog is a saint for the time and patience he devotes to refuting bad anti-SSM arguments put forth in various quarters of the blogosphere I have no inclination to visit, or a sucker for being drawn into these...
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I mentioned recently the unlikely but true fact that Van Halen could replace David Lee Roth and wind up with replacements that got exponentially worse. Well, should the NYT follow.
I know we defeated Dems are supposed to be getting in touch with what blue-state urbanites like Nik Kristof consider to be "red state" culture. But if this consists of.
I've been falling into the bad habit of not bringing reading material to the gym, which leads to dangerous things--namely, prolonged exposure to Lou Dobbs tonight on CNN. This toxic experience has led to the following conclusions. 1) Trying to channel the angry, bullying faux-populism...
Fortunately, you won't be getting yet another interminable abortion post from me; instead, I can direct you to Julie Saltman, who points out that the recent abortion rider attached to.
Digby recently made a great point about the provision attached to a spending bill to allow organizations (federal and state, but of course) to accept government funding but refuse to provide.
A question: how bad would a script have to be for Nic Cage to turn it down?
Jon Henke mounts a defense of the indefensible tax proposals being mounted by the Bush administration. After briefly defending the President's transfer of the tax burden from capital to labor.
Well, I suppose it's close enough that we should wait for the recount. This post isn't legally binding, so I'll just go ahead. Both Scott and I have issued strict.
At some point last year, Christopher Hitchens took an insurmountable lead in the "idiocy in the name of contrarianism" contest he was having with Gregg Easterbrook. I missed this when it came out, but Easterbrook is trying to mount a comeback. Easterbrook has already tried...
While I generally (if tentatively) agree with Ezra and the Moose that overturning Roe would be bad for the Republican Party at the national level (although, for reasons I've previously discussed, I think.
(warning: long boring post. read at your own risk) It's time we came up with a nice catchy name for the tireless army of people who'll fight tooth and nail.