Must-read Howler today, as Somerby recounts a grim episode of C-SPAN's Booknotes, in which Faux bingo-caller Chris Wallace recounts his very favorite episode in Presidential courage. Which is, of course, Cleveland's unconstitutional use of troops to help company goons suppress the Pullman strike. Really warms the...
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Many of you may be confused about the arcane manner of commerce clause jurisprudence, as it appears that the advocates of "states' rights" on the Supreme Court will mysteriously abdondon this.
Roy Edroso notes that Roger L. Simon, author of the screenplay of arguably the most irritating movie I've ever seen in a theatre and now the blogosphere's most irritating Yoosta Bee, is.
A co-blogger asked what I thought of the CBC's "Greatest Canadian" poll, so as this blog's Canadian representative I suppose I should say something now that my grant application is finished. I generally like these kinds of pointless lists--I'm all for rationally indefensible Top 10 movie...
This story at the Seattle Times gives us a sense of the electoral trends here around Seattle. It seems clear there is a delinking of the GOP from its financial base.
Bird Dog at Tacitus approvingly quotes the following from Richard Russell: American aircraft and cruise missiles also could target Iran’s key political, security, and military infrastructures to harm the power of.
One of the questions I've been asked in the last month more than once revolves around whether or not all Christians are right-wing jackasses, and if not, why don't we ever hear anything about the rest of them? The answer to part one is, of...
A poll about the Supreme Court yields typical findings: The survey found that 59 percent of respondents said they favor choosing a nominee who would uphold Roe v. Wade, while 31 percent.
This is obviously of trivial importance compared with the feeble attempts to debunk the Lancet article, but I'm glad to see David Leonhardt tackle a form of reactionary innumeracy that.
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...
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.