Cathy Young has an attempted feminist defense of Sarah Palin (endorsed, natch, by Ann Althouse.) The fundamental problem with the argument is that there's no inherent value to having lots of people call themselves feminists, per se. The point is to get people to endorse feminist...
What's amazing about this is that I figured that McEvenWorse and Palin would at some point permanently change the "Bridge to Nowhere" howler to some technically accurate but grossly misleading.
Ned Yost has been fired, with his team tied for the NL wild card spot and 13 days left in the season. Can't think of any precedent for something like.
No it isn't.Denver Broncos Coach Mike Shanahan was clearly having a Herm Edwards moment Sunday. You play to win the game, but Shanahan’s decision to go for a 2-point conversation for a victory over the Chargers instead of an extra point to tie the score should...
After a nasty windstorm yesterday, wide swaths of Cincinnati remain without power, including my house. Fortunately I'm in Lexington, leaving the task of eating all the food in the freezer.
Pavel Podvig has a fabulous article in the Summer 2008 IS on the development of Soviet nuclear doctrine and force structure in the 1970s:The data presented here demonstrate that concerns.
This WAPO op-ed from chief McCain economic adviser Donald Luskin may set some kind of record for unfortunate timing. Shorter Luskin: unless you happen to be among the few million wretched refuse of our teeming shores who purchased a subprime mortgage things are still pretty good...
I'll have more on the general subject of the 2000 election because of a new book this week, but since I happened to catch the replay of Leslie Stahl's puffball.
Idiotic. Hopefully it won't hurt the career of the UW alum. As (I think) Joe Sheehan argued earlier this year, I do think that managers have gotten a little too.
Think good thoughts for Teresa.
Looks like Lehman is going to be liquidated. Merrill may be next.Remember all those glossy paens to investment bankers and hedge funds and CDOs and the frictionless magic of the.
This is unfortunate. A great writer....what to say? Didn't strike me as the type. He was one of my favorite contemporary writers; I didn't find his work depressing at all..