My question for Chris Vance: If King County was hell-bent on "stealing" this election, why didn't they do it sooner? Why did they reject a higher percentage of ballots than the rest of the state? If those 561 improperly rejected votes go to Gregoire by...
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Tim Noah directs you to the worst gift idea ever. By the way, shouldn't the signature decrease the value in this case?
Bob Novak on the Capital Gang, discussing the Rumsfeld dust-up: Look, soldiers always complain. That's just what they do--it's a way of life for them.
Furthering my time-wasting in this here coffee shop, your easily distracted blogger has been leafing through a several-month old paper copy of The Chronicle of Higher Education left lying around. The story to which I refer is unlinktoable due to a subscription wall. It's a seemingly...
One downside to my decision to replace my Clinton-era, Windows 98, 1/3 chance of crashing when opening a PDF laptop with a spiffy 2004 model is that I can now.
When I blasted the Gregoire campaign a few weeks ago for their incompetence, I was primarily thinking of the media and message elements of her campaign. In this week's Stranger,.
Bob Somerby provides data for one of my hobbyhorses, the egregious underrating of the PAC-10 in college football. Admittedly, I would prefer that he made the point of comparison the Big 10, given that it's (in most years) far more overrated than the SEC, but...
In the wake of a reference ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court, Parliament will almost certainly pass federal legislation allowing same-sex marriage. Evidently, the news that Canada has far more rational.
A few random thoughts continuing what Scott said below. First, everyone should read this Neiwart post at Ornicus. I have little to add to it. Yes, some people used faulty and.
Atrios gets right to the heart of the "people with no power are ruining Democratic foreign policy" thesis: Let me add just one thing: Beinart's obsession is that it's the "softs" who have prevented Democrats from having a coherent and distinct and sufficiently muscular foreign/anti-terrorism...
A remarkable story, as the Supreme Court confronts egregious lawlessness in the Fifth Cicuit, itself intended to cover up egregious lawlessness in Texas's administration of the death penalty: The two.
Seattle is one of three cities booked so far on the Slint reunion tour. I'm a bit of a sucker for reunion tours, especially for those bands that put out great.