Mark Dubowitz (Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies) and I follow up the sanctions conversation that Matt and Michael Singh started last week:
Has actual casualties: But the reality is that a shockingly high number of American moms are dying for preventable reasons. The U.S. Maternal Mortality Ratio (the number of maternal deaths.
There are several indications that an article is not going to be worth your time unless you're a blogger looking for something really dumb to make fun of. The first.
Wow: The two Bobs, Gottlieb and Caro, have an odd editorial relationship, almost as contentious as it is mutually admiring. They still debate, for example, or pretend to, how many words Gottlieb cut from “The Power Broker.” It was 350,000 — or the equivalent of two...
I never knew how hard Mitt and Ann Romney had it: “They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt,.
Nomination #1: Wayne LaPierre.
This article about how Obama is such a "bully" that he's willing to criticize political opponents is pretty much all comedy gold, but I especially treasure the bit about how "Obama’s campaign moved to distance the president" from comments made by a Democrat who is not...
Wow. H/t Amanda Marcotte
Tennessee has decided to extend it beyond the blogosphere.
The best postseason in sports has, in fact, been tremendous so far. And in addition to the many exceptionally good games -- and the Flyers/Penguins series could be one of the best first-round matchups ever -- we have the high comedy of Ryan Kesler's auditions for...
As I mentioned below, yesterday Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a draconian abortion law that, among other things, effectively bans abortions after 18 weeks after conception. This law, like other.
Peretz will no longer be permitted to undermine the reputation of the New Republic.