Adam Liptak had a couple of articles this weekend discussing arguments made by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The first refers to Ginsburg's oft-cited (at least by opponents and centrist critics of Roe) claim that Roe went too far too fast. I wish Liptak had been a little...
In the midst of the expected collection of Randite wingnuttery, it must be said that the Teabagger's Manifesto has inadvertently hit on one good policy idea:When government taxes particular types.
I see that one of those guys who used to earn a living lying for the Bush administration has revived the ancient Republican complaint that the nation's top earners provide.
To follow-up on Neyer's excellent point about the idiotic Team Marketing Report, the one that he quotes (despite the large amount of discretionary purchases it includes) is actually a little more reasonable that the one reports typically cite. I can at least see an argument that...
It's been a bad day for baseball, with the death this morning of legendary Phillies announcer Harry Kalas, and now the sudden passing of Mark Fidyrch. Fidyrch, who was only.
Shorter Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz: Robert Gates is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life..
As part of our interminable but hopefully interesting series about judicial review, it may be worth considering Gerald Rosenberg's The Hollow Hope, invoked by Paul and now out in a new edition. It's not, exactly, that I disagree with Rosenberg's central argument. Indeed, if you boil...
According to the New York Times, the kidnapping of Captain Richard Phillips was resolved thusly:Just after dark on Sunday, snipers on the U.S.S. Bainbridge saw that one of the pirates.
As I blame Strunk and White for adding a year to my dissertation (and thus taking a year of my life), I'm deeply sympathetic with this argument.
Apparently, America's Moral Sage Rick Warren was too "exhausted" to appear on This Weak. This exhaustion seems to have been caused by his straining to come up with a good explanation for lying about his support for Prop H8. I suppose it is a sign of...
1. Captain Richard Phillips is freed after a brief firefight. Fabulous news, indeed. 2. Aaron Harang goes nine, strikes out nine, allows three hits and no walks against the Pirates..
Via DMZ, I learn that this year, the Metro shuttles that connected park and rides to Safeco field before and after Mariners games will no longer exist. The Mariners paid.