The other day, Scott mentioned the absurd yet pervasive idea that Karl Rove is a political supergenius. Particularly bizarre to me is the idea that he played an important role in moving Texas from the Democrats to the Republicans. See this Washington Post piece: Rove’s reputation...
Tom Philpott's essay on how the pork industry serves as an economic negative to the Iowa communities in which factory farms are concentrated is quite interesting. In short, since 1982,.
I'm very skeptical about how far-reaching this effort will be. But Dugan and Teles have some examples of it actually happening, and given the grim realities of mass incarceration I'll.
In 1993, the American Family Association convinced 57 ABC affiliates not to air the series premier of NYPD Blue because it contained the word "asshole." A few years later, many conservative groups called for a boycott of the show when news that Dennis Franz's ass would...
Very. I know you're tired of hearing me talk about circles, but it's not my fault: the series is making me do it. Consider the set design of the Eyrie:.
Imagine opening up a box you think will be filled with "Detroit Tigers: 2012 World Series Champions" hats and t-shirts, and instead finding this: Beth Cox wore a Mitt Romney.
These people: "We focus-grouped it to people and realized pretty quickly that viewers wanted debate," hot-shot First Take producer Jamie Horowitz told Men's Journal. "In particular, they wanted to see Skip [Bayless] debate." Given how legitimately great his younger brother is, I'm sure he's nicknamed "Skip"...
I think Bouie and Sides are 100% right. I haven't changed my mind since 2008 -- I see no reason to believe that the 2012 elections represent some kind of.
Josh Eidelson has an interesting interview with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka about the aftermath of the election. Labor did pretty well in the election, outside of the failed Michigan referendum.
Let's see, how to phrase this? Version One [Polite academese]: The pedagogic value of the third year of law school has long been questioned by law students. Version Two [Qualitative sociology in the Internet age]: 3LOL Seriously, legal academics and administrators could find worse uses for...
The Supreme Court granted cert to a challenge to the preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act on Friday. I wish I was optimistic, but when there's a clash between.
In a good catch by Greenwald, this bit of Petraeus hagiography is particularly instructive: He salvaged two disastrous wars, for two very different presidents. In a sense, this is true.