Eric Boehlert is terrific on one of the justices the Democrats are grimly obstructing. Given that the GOP has chosen to make her the focus of their threat to change the Senate’s rules. First, some crucial background that makes it clear that the claim that the Democrats are engaging in some kind of radical tactics […]
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Orson Scott Card. …also check out his best movies of all time list. Call me an elitist snob, but I don’t think My Best Friend’s Wedding will quite make the
This excellent post on Rosemary’s Baby reminded me of some thoughts I’ve had about another peripheral character in an outstanding film. In this case, the character does not actually make a
Detailing all of the illogic in this piece of Instapunditry would be a greater time investment than I would prefer; let me just say that if you think his argument about filibusters is plausible remember what happened the last time there was a “real” filibuster related to the federal courts; you have to go all […]
Last Tuesday, I sat on a panel following a screening of Errol Morris’ Fog of War. The panel went very well; the speakers all had interesting things to say, the questions were good, and a fair pe
Do you not get Michael Medved’s radio show in your market? Were you saying to yourself the other day how frustrated you are that not every aspect of art and life have been boiled down to crude p
I mentioned recently that 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kathleen Sebelius vetoed some awful abortion legislation vomited by the Kansas legislature. In better news, the veto was sustained. Less reassuringly, the bill was only two votes short of the necessary 2/3 and probably would have passed the Senate, so it’s a razor-thin margin. But, boy, […]
Although they were able to avoid a sweep (and prove the ongoing persistence of patriarchy) by winning the epochal Wang/Bush matchup on Saturday, in light of their 10-15 start we Yankee haters have vis
s.z. notes that uber-wingnut Randall Terry is now putting pressure on Jeb Bush in the case of the 13 year-old girl in Florida who is being coerced by the state to maintain her pregnancy. I’m sur
The lead sentence in a PI article on the gubernatorial election: What started out as an election contest between Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi may be turning into a fight between Democratic felons and Republican felons. Now that would be exciting.
Speaking of Colorado wingnuts, Josh Marshall finds Senator Wayne Allard bemoaning “a vacancy crisis that threatens the service of the very justice upon which our great nation depends.” Oh,
Dr. B points us to this remarkable story: Imagine two rape victims taken to the same hospital emergency room. Imagine them put in adjoining examination rooms. Let’s say they have identical injur