I refer, of course, to the picture to the right of the story.
I’m surprised that Eugene Volokh is surprised that O’Connor and Breyer vote together 70% of the time, the 8th most common pairing on the court. Breyer–as was proved yet again in his
As some of you may have noticed, I’m reaching the stage of frustration with the whole Nader thing I should have reached about four years ago. In a few weeks I should be reaching the “sputt
Michael Ignatieff has another mea culpa for his support of W’s Iraqi adventure. His previous apology back in March (no link, behind a pay-per-view wall) I recall only hazily. It showed up during a bit of a barrage of clumsy apologies, who can keep them straight? At any rate, I’ll read this one shortly and share […]
Good post at Crooked Timber about Turkish prospects in the EU. Here’s Chirac letting GW have it for meddling in European affairs by arguing that Turkey should be a member. And here’s Dig
I saw it Sunday afternoon. Not quite as boisterous a crowd as Rob and Scott were treated to, but enthusiastic enough. I found the film uneven, but undeniably and surprisingly powerful (especially give
Admittedly, identifying the worst manifestation of a silly concept badly executed is a wearying, impossible exercise, so identifying the very worst “Kerryism” is as inherently futile as discerning the worst episode of “Who’s the Boss?” or the worst film directed by Roland Emmerich. Nonetheless, I’m inclined to make such a claim about this one anyway. Here’s […]
I’m happy to be wrong…
My predictions, based on the extremely reliable method of “half-assed guesses derived from thin research”: Con 115 Lib 108 NDP 28 Bloq 55 IND 1 It’s basically too close to call, but
In a way that was vaguely consistent with my earlier prediction, the Court refused to fully cede jurisdiction and give unlimited executive power to the presidency, but did so in a way that didn’t help the defendants on the merits. (I was wrong, however, that there would be a unanimous ruling.) I think it’s reasonable to declare […]
Via Atrios, apparently Dale Earnhardt Jr. told his pit crew to go and see F-911. Normally this wouldn’t be news, but the right is in full meltdown mode. A few comments from Free Republic: Well
Saw Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday afternoon. Lots of people outside the Neptune selling anti-Bush paraphenalia, a few gathering signatures. One guy wandering around with a display trying to convince Dems