He voted against the VAWA. And, needless to say, his pretext for voting against it is a really terrible reason in its own right. It also seems worth noting that no woman in Senate voted against the bill.
I didn't watch the speech last night. Being in Britain, I was busy sleeping. Indeed, I barely made it through all of Celtic v Juventus, regretfully. Buried towards the end.
On February 13, 1865, the Sons of Vulcan, the first American union in iron and steel, ended its strike, leading to the first union contract in American history. The Sons.
My latest at the Diplomat expresses skepticism that the North Korean nuclear test is something to get all that excited about: The first and most important lesson is that North Korean policy towards its neighbors does not appear to have appreciably changed in Kim Jong Il’s...
The single conviction from the ludicrous prosecution of Barry Bonds will finally be facing the scrutiny of an appellate court. And while I wouldn't say I have a great deal.
The most interesting piece of agenda-setting in the SOTU: The most important proposal in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address may be one that gets the least attention.
Not sure how many of you are on Twitter, but the progressive Twittersphere exploded in hilarity when Marco Rubio took a drink of water during his response to the State of the Union. I know, right. Water! Ha ha ha ha? I'm sure you'll see plenty...
When I was looking for the recipe for last night's delightful meal recommendation, I ran across this classic seafood mousse dish that I thought would just be wonderful for all.
Today's hearings on Chuck Hagel just make me stand by what I said last week about Rand Paul not being one of the 3 worst senators.
I think comparing Scarborough to Ron Burgundy is a little charitable. I mean, I'd much rather watch 3 hours of jazz flute solos than Morning Joe.
Tara Culp-Ressler on the Republican movement for more mandatory sexual assault laws, not only in Michigan but in Kentucky, North Dakota, and Arkansas. Speaking of the Dakotas, the situation there.
Two recent, one I've been negligent about: Ira Katznelson, Fear Itself: I've been excited about this since first hearing about it, and it looks fantastic. Expanding on his argument in.