The Verizon order was problematic, but the PRISM program revealed by the WaPo yesterday seems much worse than that. A key lesson, I argue, is that as often happens the separation of powers doesn't produce checks and balances so much as the legislative branch delegating broad...
Appropriate.
On June 7, 1913, the supporters of the Industrial Workers of the World led textile worker strike in Paterson, New Jersey held the Paterson Strike Pageant at Madison Square Garden.
The decline of frogs and toads in the face of widespread and complex environmental change is really depressing. But hey, at least bat and honeybee populations are super healthy!
I once described certain songs--those songs I adore, those songs I never tire of hearing--as having become fused to my skeleton. These songs are my obsessions. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="530".
See something say something Meanwhile across the ocean Living in the internet Is the cause of an explosion No one has heard yet But there's no need to worry There's.
Or maybe you don't. My favorite detail of the employment packages negotiated by people like Gee is that they end up not having to pay for any of the stuff that people usually use their salaries for, like housing and transportation and food and entertainment and...
I have a more detailed reaction here. Obviously, this doesn't pose the same as the warrantless wiretapping the Bush administration engaged in after 9/11 -- following statutes rather than violating.
The 2nd Circuit has ordered the Obama administration to do what is should have done on its own: make (most forms of) emergency contraception immediately available over-the-counter to all women.
One of the many reasons I have no patience for modern conservatism is that conservatives never ever no never say what they mean. Their efforts to curtail abortion rights are couched as concern for women. Their efforts to disenfranchise minority voters is couched as an effort...
A year and a half ago, a friend and former student had a sudden, unexpected medical emergency. She's telling her story here, and it's fantastic stuff. Start at the beginning:.
Congress gave the discretion, and the Obama administration took it: The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's.