Circumstantial evidence suggests that The Ethicist(tm) might be listening to my advice (or Paperwight). Still, I'm not in the mood to be terribly magnanimous. The first two "corrections" offered this week deal with private property as opposed to other social goods. First, he reassesses his views on the...
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Kos asks if he has no shame. The answer is clearly no, but the more interesting question is has he ever looked at voting demographics in this country?
I had no idea about this, which I find fascinating. If I'm ever called upon to teach American political development/history and the 1896 election comes up, you can bet this'll be.
The fine people at Fox News were kind enough to broadcast Kerry's Iraq speech at NYU this morning, live and uninterupted. I've been surfing around looking for a transcript, or even a decent online recap, with no success as of yet. Choose your news here....
Much as I hate to admit it, I think the Florida Supreme Court was correct in its 6-1 ruling to allow Ralph Nader on the ballot. When laws are ambiguous, it.
Lindsay Beyerstein has a good review of Thomas Frank's new book. I do think, however, that her punchline underemphasizes the most important part of Frank's argument: Short answer: the habit.
You're all familiar with the classic hack circle-jerk, such as Glenn Reynolds fulsomely praising the wit and widsom displayed by Mickey Kaus on The Dennis Miller Show Starring Rupert Pupkin, thus creating an exponential interaction of hackdom. Well, its filmic equivalent is coming to a theatre near...
On the other hand, this article reminds me of perhaps the most indefensible policy that most progressives either agree with or are indifferent about: the criminalization of prostitution. This isn't to.
Unlike Matt Yglesias, I can't say I'm a libertarian per se even one minute of the day. Being a Canadian, even at my most libertarianish phase of adolescence I supported socialized.
I know, I know, we're not supposed to panic. 6+ weeks to go, debates, etc. But I'm going to panic a little anyway, in response to the SUSA New Jersey, Florida and Illinois polls, and the Quinnipiac Penn poll. Not to mention the Bush bounce at Rasmussen today.
Since this is a little long to be included in comments, a couple of quick points about the possibility of a pro-life feminism. The first thing to say is that the.
I've been meaning to pull together a post responding to various arguments made by Hugo Schwyzer on the possibility of a left, feminist pro-life political alignment (See here, here, here). Ampersand at Alas,.