As Scott noted, if the GOP wants to use the evil trial lawyer theme, I say bring it on. Let's actually look at what Edwards did as a trial lawyer, and see what people think. Or, let's play the trial lawyer vs. oil executive--who's more...
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Alright, my own votes in the Terry Teachout quiz: 1. Kelly or Astaire? Kelly 2. Gatsby or SOR? Gatsby 3. Basie or Ellington? Duke 4. Cats or Dogs? Pass 5. Matisse or.
Always nice to see Rupert Murdoch enterprises look stupid. Actually, they almost always looks stupid if you're paying attention, so I guess I mean it's nice to see them fuck up.
Let me just say that ever since I said to leave Kerry alone and not worry about the VP pick, I've slowly become less and less confident I was right to suggest we trust him. I fully expected the words "It's Gephardt" to appear on...
The Poorman offers an astute list of Hollywood's worst directors. Definitely a fine collection of choices. My few additions/quibbles: 1)I think his initial instincts were the best. I actually liked Requiem for.
An interesting post by Ezra Klein mounting some measure of defense for Gephardt. As for the substantive merits of Gephardt, he has a point; I certainly don't have the animus toward.
I really wish the posting date on this was "April 1." If it's correct, I'm beginning to remember why I thought that while Kerry would (with the possible exception of Clark) make the best President of the candidates, I thought he was a poor candidate otherwise. This...
Speaking of crackpot conservative journals, Terrific post by Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged about Bill Buckley and civil rights.
From the front page of the web home of The Weekly Standard: Fahrenheit 9/11 connects dots that aren't there. by Matt Labash. Then, all of four stories down: There was a.
First question: how many 'reviews' of Bill Clinton's book does the NYT plan on running? We're up to three now, by my count. Second question: How many times does Larry McMurtry have to utterly fail at his assigned task before people will stop offering him...
Picking the very worst moment in Nader's Press the Meat interview this morning is easy, despite the reiteration of sizist attacks on Michael Moore. To paraphrase: Q: The Congressional Black Caucus met.
Good evaluation of veep candidates at TAP online. The Gephardt critiques are nothing new, but show that the hostility isn't just limited to free traders. The Graham piece is a good one;.