While I can't speak specifically for my seven colleagues, I will anyway: I sense that the official LGM position on the Electoral College is "it sucks". Yet we're also a pragmatic enough bunch to recognize that the probability of the requisite constitutional amendment to eliminate the...
This time the rich people are trapped in the Super Dome.
I see some similarities between the Ravens and the recent Giants Super Bowl winners -- inconsistent but big-armed QB, veteran defense that's probably better than its regular season stats. But,.
A hearty Happy 100th Birthday to the graduated income tax, one of the greatest laws in American history. The 16th Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1913. I wrote about the history of the graduated income tax in detail here. Also, it's worth noting that in...
England's long national nightmare may be over: A skeleton found underneath a car park in Leicester is expected to be confirmed as that of Richard III. The remarkable discovery of.
Yesterday, seven people were elected to the NFL Hall of Fame: Bill Parcells, Jonathan Ogden, Larry Allen, Warren Sapp, Cris Carter, and veterans committee candidates Curley Culp and Dave Robinson..
It's a tough competition. I figure you have three candidates. First is the long-standing champion, James Inhofe, arguably the dumbest person to sit in the Senate for a long, long time. Second, is the relative newcomer Ron Johnson. Johnson is so out of his league in...
Greenwald's post on the attacks against Brooklyn College is brilliant, and I encourage you to read it in its entirety. To reiterate, the idea that any speaker on campus needs.
Hope you all are having as good a Saturday night as Zevon did when writing "Carmelita."
You'll note that we have a permalink to the podcast feed in the near right sidebar, just above the Donate button. That's really a placeholder until I figure out a better place to put it. India's P-8s substantially increase its maritime surveillance capabilities. China's anti-piracy mission...
Citizens United has filed an amicus brief in the DOMA case arguing that Bolling v. Sharpe was wrong, and hence the federal government is free to violate the equal protection.
One myth missing is that we need guns to overthrow the tyrannical government, because I like my chances with an AR-15 against an M1A2 or five, but the ten listed.