Yglesias:Nominally at least that means that health reform is now in a legislative dead zone—there aren’t the votes in the House for a bill without a public option and there aren’t the votes in the Senate for a bill with them. If it comes right down...
This falls more in Randy and Mr. Trend's bailiwick, but is worth reading pending their commentary:President Richard M. Nixon discussed with Brazil’s president a cooperative effort to overthrow the government.
Captured the zeitgeist, or something. If you don't want spoilers, don't click the comments.
If you read Defense News, you quickly become familiar with Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute. He appears in an extraordinary number of stories, usually as voice recommending the purchase of some new weapon or the continued acquisition of an older weapon type. While I'm sure...
From the "Let Me Google That For You" file, here's Jack Moss complaining about Rick Perlstein's outstanding piece in the Post, wherein he notes that -- unlike today -- news.
Yes:Fun fact the media never tells you: as a % of GDP, the US has greater public expenditures on health care than the UK does. Not total expenditures, we know.
Like Kerry Howley, I strongly recommend this story about Warren Hern, which is both fascinating in itself and provides grim reminders (in the wake of the Tiller muder) of how effective anti-chice terrorism has been.
Huh; seems like things are a bit slow around here. Some linkage:Axe talks Tanks!Think about five things you like about your health care, and five things you don't.African veterans of.
Les Paul, R.I.P.
A new picture based on the Diary of Anne Frank will be written and directed by David Mamet. Roy gets a set of steak knives for getting us an advance script excerpt....
Shorter Cintra Wilson: "They let non-rich people and fat people (by which I mean people who aren't a more morally appropriate size 2, like myself -- have I mentioned that.
I like Doug Glanville's op-ed on the options open to professional athletes after their careers end; it helps to clarify (which is more important than to "dispel") the "set for.