In one of the least surprising developments in legal history, the recent federal act criminalizing D&E abortions was struck down in federal courts. This was inevitable, because the law directly contradicted a Supreme Court precedent that was less than 4 years old. So why did the law pass in that form? Because, of course, it suits […]
Despite my first post here, I don’t plan to use this blog to engage in handwringing about past failings on my part. I’ll comment on blogs and politics, like my co-bloggers, but I’ll
What is it that irritates me about Mickey Kaus? Is it that his sixth-rate blog inexplicably gets first rate internet real estate? Is it that he sounds more like a Hollywood gossip columnist than a pol
Standing at the podium this morning, drinking my coffee, waiting to start my class. . . “Professor Farley,” a student says. “Yes?” “I was wondering. . . My dad is driving Joseph Wilson around today, and he’s going to be on University Avenue, and he said that he would be willing to give a short […]
“I was talking to an Indian programmer, and he told me, ‘You know, Tom Friedman is nuttier than a crate of Snickers…'”
CommentsElton Beard effectively sums up Tom Friedman’s latest ad hoc theory. But what strikes me most about it is that he chooses an example that completely repudiates his thesis: Is Vladimir Putin
Ezra Klein has an interesting discussion about the latest journalistic thumbsucker about blogs. My favorite part of the article he cites, however, is its discussion of the blogosphere’s “
Tacitus is concerned the the election of Kerry will end the peculiarly American quest for a democratic world. John Kerry thinks that stability may sometimes be more important than democracy. The sin that Kerry commits, apparently, is not to think this, but to say it. What administration, in any era, has valued democracy higher than stability? […]
I have fewer misgivings about Kerry than either Scott or Dave. Although I supported Clark at one point (and still support him for VP), I’ve always thought that Kerry would make the finest presid
When it comes to pragmatic arguments about Nader, I basically don’t see the point. That Gore would have won had Nader not run in 2000 is indisputable; trying to argue the point is like arguing w
First substantive post!!! Matt is right. No sense in state ownership of liquor stores. It would be interesting to track the existence of public ownership on a state by state basis; I wonder what the
So here I am, the first syllable of the blogspot address…