Rithy Pahn's documentary about the millions of forgotten people killed in Khmer Rouge death camps with scenes largely constructed with clay figurines looks amazing. In related news, the 20th century was horrible. Luckily, all the secular fundamentalist* ideologies that led to the killing of so many...
A few weeks after the finale of Lost, Chad Post attempted to defend it by claiming that its nonsense was the stuff of art. "What’s interesting," he argued, "is how.
Here's the second part of the podcast, about which Steven feels quite adamant, as evidenced by his vehement fist-pumping: The first part's available here. Audio available here.
I noted in my piece yesterday that in addition to having no serious basis in the Constitution the Supreme Court decision striking down the ACA's mechanism for the new Medicaid expansion doesn't create any kind of workable rule going forward: Drum may be right that as...
for Erik's new "stupid and insensitive" Republican of the day competition. I've got to go with a thoroughbred here. Old school. A real pro. A player with veteran moxie, plays.
Some more eggs have been broken as Republicans attempt to build an anti-democracy omelet out rancid ham and rusty nails: Late-breaking news, and I’ll update as I find out more:.
Still aren't good. As though all the conditions faced by Democrats heading into November 2014 aren't cause for enough pessimism, including an electorate composition that favors Republicans given reduced turnout in mid-term elections, the marginal gains for Republicans derived from gerrymandering, and the penalty the incumbent...
I just realized that somehow I never posted The Teddy Bears here before. Imagine a silent movie version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with Teddy Roosevelt coming in at.
It's no wonder many Republicans love the government shutdown. Among other things, it stops union elections from being held since nearly everyone in the NLRB is on furlough. This story.
Kevin Drum argues, in response to Yglesias, that we shouldn't blame the Roberts Court for its decision striking down the ACA's Medicaid funding mechanism. Not because the decision isn't responsible for awful consequences, but because it was right. I...do not find Drum's defense persuasive: There's an...
The other Scott already discussed some of the choice bits from the Scalia interview, and some of the other stuff won't come as a surprise. (Scalia, as anyone familiar with.
Noted lefty nutcase Ben Wittes: To put the matter simply, the current Republican insistence on attaching conditions to a continuing resolution to keep government open is nothing more or less.