It sure is hard to understand why so many FireDogLakers believe that womens' rights should carry no weight in determining "progressive" voting behavior. Key graf to discourage you from eating the mangoes after clicking the link: Eli Lake’s relationship with Rosie Gray is also a matter...
The NLRB simply does not work for private sector labor. The long appeals and lack of meaningful punishment for corporate violations means that employers can engage in open intimidation of.
Ever since the 1820s, Americans have used the founding fathers as a mirror to themselves. This is what we see in that mirror today. Until I see James Madison posting.
This thread had a discussion of the the Supreme Court damaging the Medicaid funding mechanism in Sebelius,leaving to the inevitable argument that it was a 7-2 vote and hence Both Sides Do It and so on. My position continues to be that had Breyer or Kagan...
Andrew Sum, et al have a powerful report on the underemployed generation that is today's youth. Here's the whole report in PDF form. For young people with low levels of.
We hardly need to cover the incredible corruption of FIFA. It's only a matter of finding out how much money the Qatar sheiks and Russian oligarchs put in the pockets.
Updated below I have a piece in The Week about one aspect of Paul Ryan's "culture of work" remarks that hasn't gotten much attention: Ryan's inner city men, who have never "learned the value and the culture of work," are therefore not merely failing, but failing...
A few links for your Wednesday morning... I have no doubt that this tumblr blog, cataloging an "impressive" record collection, is cute and amusing. So why did I cringe when.
Ben Casselman usefully tries to figure out just how many people are trying to survive and support themselves on less than President Obama's proposed $10.10 minimum wage. While solid numbers.
Jeff Wise argues that theory on Flight 370 Paul discussed earlier today is probably wrong: Goodfellow’s account is emotionally compelling, and it is based on some of the most important facts that have been established so far. And it is simple—to a fault. Take other major...
I'm generally skeptical of tax credits to businesses and I'd like to see them all eliminated were the government and everyday citizens to be empowered to fill in the gaps.
“Helping the Poor–Gratuitous Distribution of Coal by the City–Cherry Street,” New York City, 1877 Konczal's essay on the voluntarism fantasy of conservatives who argue that private charity used to operate.