As someone who wrote a dissertation entitled "Maximal Diversity: Non-Darwinian Evolutionary Theory in American Fiction, 1895-1910," I can't help but lend my full support to this bill: Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern wants to make it clear that her new legislation protecting the rights of science...
I have no idea what Phil Jensen intended. But the language of the bill would clearly apply to the murder of abortion providers. The applicability of the "justifiable" exception only.
Tony LaRussa's decision to embarrass himself looks even more embarrassing right now: According to Ken Rosenthal, a source told him the Cardinals offered Albert Pujols roughly $20 million per season.
A couple quibbles with Matt here: I think this is a mistake. An enormous amount of significant legislation passed in Lyndon Johnson’s second term. As I wrote yesterday, the 1950 amendments to the Social Security Act in Truman’s second term were extremely significant, though little-remembered today....
Apparently some people still believe that the Wilpons facing a billion-dollar lawsuit will affect the ability of the Mets to pursue premium free agents. How wrong they are! The Mets.
Anna Reisman has a review of Seth Mnookin's very good-looking new book that's worth reading in its own right. And it's always worth being reminded about the consequences of failing.
My latest at WPR takes a look at the future of Russian Navy deployments: Consequently, Russia faces a strategic dilemma whenever it makes decisions about the basing of its warships. Because of the relative isolation of its fleets, warships deployed to one region cannot be readily...
I have an essay online at Current Intelligence on Michael Gross's recent book. Moral Dilemmas of Modern Warfare explores the ways in which "new wars" are challenging the existing law.
Another neglected masterpiece of American cinema deals with a second landmark case that has returned to the center of constitutional discussion: Alas, the high production values cannot hide the fact.
As appalling as the reactions to the rape sexual assault* of Lara Logan that Mary Elizabeth Williams discusses are, the comments are actually worse. [via] ...see also. And also. *Corrected, as apparently what happened to Logan is better characterized as "sexual assault" than "rape."
So, this should be a movie (true or no): Bishnu Shrestha, a brave Gurkha soldier in Indian Army, defeated 40 train robbers while returning home after a voluntary retirement. The.
Jerry Richardson.