Via Kos, a must-read survey of foreign opinion on Bush-Kerry: Canada: Kerry 60, Bush 20 France: Kerry 72, Bush 16 UK: Kerry 50, Bush 22 Spain: Kerry 58, Bush 13 Russia: Bush 52, Kerry 48 Japan: Kerry 51, Bush 30 Australia: Kerry 54, Bush 28 Mexico: Kerry 55, Bush 20 Israel: Bush 50, Kerry 24 South Korea: […]
A few months ago, I saw a commercial (or possibly a preview, hard to say) for a film starring Richard Gere, J-Lo, and Susan Sarandon. Normally, I wouldn’t pay much attention to such a flick, but
Those who would enjoy watching the Christians against the lions so long as the lions are liberals can hear Paul Krugman debate Hair Club For Growth President Stephen Moore here.
For those waiting for the mask to fall completely away from fake libertarianism (i.e. foaming-mouth reactionaries who use token support for choice and gay rights as a way to put lipstick on a really ugly pig), I think you can stop waiting. As part of a delusional willful blindness–yes, they really seem to think there’s […]
It’s really too bad that Andrew Sullivan is such a son of a bitch; he really does write well, and when he gets something right, he’s outstanding. He has been taking not an ounce of crap f
This is a damn interesting website, if a bit gossipy and inconsistent. Remarkable that Carter’s only health problem appears to have been pancreatic cancer, which is about the worst kind of canc
I understand the impulse to be uncomfortable with Edwards and Kerry highlighting Mary Cheney’s sexual orientation. As discussed in comments to Scott’s post below, it stems from the notion that they are intentionally reminding the worst of the bigots that the GOP ticket doesn’t really share they’re values. On the other hand, I’m not persuaded by […]
I missed this last night: I don’t know if anyone saw Wes Clark “interviewed” by Sean Hannity just now, but it almost came to blows. Riveting exchange as Clark called Bush a cheerlea
If it weren’t for Rob’s constant reminders about the insipid Bird Dog at Tacitus, I probably would have stopped going over there at all. I was interested in tracking down some right-wing t
In a story confirming the fact that Bush’s invocation of Dred Scott was code for Roe v. Wade, Kevin Drum excerpts a remarkable statement made by one Rev. Louis Sheldon: When he said that, it made it very clear that the ’73 decision was faulty because what it said was that unborn persons in a legal sense […]
No, but that’s an all too common subject line in my sent mail file over the past couple of years. Erik at Alterdestiny has a nice takedown of David Brooks latest effort: First, Brooks makes th
Strikes me as some significant news: In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Struck departed from his government’s resolve not to send troops to Iraq under any circumstances, saying: “At pre