As Matt notes, David Mayhew -- argbuably the country's most important Congress scholar -- has shown that while divded government affects the type of legislation passed, it has had suprisingly little effect on the quantity of legislation passed. (You can see a quick summary of his...
This is like watching a puppy getting hit by a truck, except that the puppy pretty much deserved it.
Just a note of mild irritation in response to a number of recent tweets on the subject; while failure of outreach to his base may have been a significant strategic.
My feelings about Mark Millar (with one notable exception) have been rehearsed often enough that you'll probably be surprised that I allowed my students to talk me into teaching Kick Ass (the book and film) in my American Manga courses.* I hadn't seen the film yet...
Not as funny as the law school bit, but just as accurate: Via.
I dunno... let's say, Rangers in six? I do know that Josh Hamilton's health will in some way be decisive in the outcome, unless Roy Hallday's pitching is more important.
So, the Air Force is still having problems with its nuclear weapons: The Air Force swears there was no panic. But for three-quarters of an hour Saturday morning, launch control officers at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming couldn’t reliably communicate or monitor the status...
I have some thoughts on the aftermath of the Wikileaks Iraq release over at World Politics Review: The release reaffirmed much that we already knew, including the high incidence of.
To a normal human being, stomping on the head of a defenseless woman who isn't committing any crime would seem to be the ultimate in indefensible actions. But if the.
Well, this is a bummer, but it's not like we haven't been warning the koalas about the sinning and the non-missionary-style sex and all of that sort of thing.Koala Immune.
Via Amanda Hess, self- (and by nobody else) described very funny guy Richard Cohen leaps to the defense of Clarence Thomas: Every 20 years or so, some woman surfaces to.