"The problem with the auto bailout is that evil workers actually benefited. Had all the money gone to obscenely wealthy parasites like Mitt Romney, they might have been fine." ...shorter #2: "The consequences of teenagers not using contraception proves that contraception is evil."
A good first step, anyway. More when I have a chance to read the opinion, although we can be confident that the George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey White is some.
(This will be the second-to-last Who-related visual rhetoric posts for a bit. It concerns the complicated conclusion of the fifth season, which is why it's the second-to-last. It's also a sequel.
I intended to link to this yesterday, but here is an outstanding piece of testimony to the benefits of the very kinds of prenatal testing that Bishop Santorum regards as indulgent and murderous. Mittens inevitability aside, I do hope our Man of the Froth eventually wins...
I would like to buck the conventional wisdom, but I agree with everybody that the grant of cert in Fisher v. UT Austin is almost certainly the end of affirmative.
Juan Cole: Well, I hate those US drones when used for purposes of warfare. But here is a Gandhian use for them. Let us defy the Syrian regime’s misuse of.
The landmark criminal procedure decisions of the Warren Court have generally not been overruled, but this is somewhat misleading; in many cases, the precedents formally remain standing, but have been interpreted in ways that give them much less bite. With Miranda v. Arizona, the dilution process...
Shorter Alana Goodman: I'm a contemporary conservative. Of course I don't understand the concept of "consent." For that matter, I don't know why people get so upset about forced sterilization.
This week's WPR column considers the rhetoric of war against Iran: The case for attacking Iran relies overwhelmingly on the concept of uncertainty. We don’t know if the Iranians want.
For those who believe that science is apolitical, allow me to present Exhibit A: rare photographs from Hiroshima. I'm not saying the relationship between politics and science is inherently good or bad. But it is and scientists need to accept and act upon this fact.
The Texas Railroad Commission, for reasons that I assume have to do with keeping an antiquated state agency relevant, regulates energy policy for the Lone Star State. The TRC met.
Diane Ravitch's piece is so essential I'm reluctant to excerpt from it at all. But these key points stand out to me: The new evaluation system pretends to be balanced,.