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...
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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.
I'm not sure if Kenneth Baer is one of the people, specifically, that Atrios is talking about, but his article certainly exemplifies the central issue Atrios and Josh Marshall have identified. Now, John Kerry was not an ideal candidate, and I have no objection to criticism of...
Ever wonder what it's like to run for the Senate as a Democrat in Oklahoma? According to Brad Carson, there's a downside. For one thing, you get invited to Churches to.
Southern reactionaries have suddenly decided they're not so keen on the Madisonian institutional rules that have historically served their interests so well. Can't they make up their minds about what.