As anyone with a passing familiarity with the nation's op-ed pages or center-left political publications is aware, there is a cottage industry of affluent white men in liberal urban centers asserting that reproductive freedom would be much better off if states and Congress had the unlimited...
Another excellent article about the Wilson case, with a useful comparison with other cases of consensual sexual relations with minors that received much lighter sentences:But wait. It gets worse. At.
Apropos of the recent discussion of Marty Peretz' unsuitability for inclusion in polite society, I'm reminded of this little gem that Matt Duss caught before someone apparently decided to take.
George W. Bush, 27 April 2000:Let me just give you an example of what I did in Texas. And the only thing I know to do is go by my gut instincts when I get sworn in. But in Texas, one of the first things I...
Indeed.As a teacher of military affairs and American foreign policy, I cannot emphasize enough how widely the "dirty hippies lost the war" narrative is held among college students, even those.
Glenn "More Genocide, Less Trouble" Reynolds, 11/11/03: "The real problem with the Iraq war is that it's (1) waged by a Republican President; and (2) obviously in the United States'.
ESPN has a good article about the appalling case of Genarlow Wilson. One thing puzzles me about the dodging responsibility game described here:It's frustrating work. No one involved believes Wilson should be in jail for 10 years.The prosecutors don't.The Supreme Court doesn't.The legislature doesn't.The 15-year-old "victim"...
Sally Satel -- most recently seen emerging from the gauntlet of the American Enterprise Institute's rigorous peer-review system -- has contibuted a piece to this collection of essays by liberals.
Yglesias:I wonder if Jon Chait and others concerned about Wesley Clark's alleged anti-semitism feel it's a problem that one of America's leading political magazines is owned and operated by a.
Henry notes a potential solution to a serious problem at lifehacker:The Procrastinator's Clock is set ahead for a random amount of time from 0 to 15 minutes - which means you don't know if and how much it's set ahead, so you treat the possibly later...
Via Brett Mizelle, we read about the use of pigs in the training of medics serving in Iraq:In one course, an advanced trauma treatment program he had taken before deploying,.
Standard of legitimacy #1: "Since its inception Roe has had a deep legitimacy problem, stemming from its weakness as a legal opinion."Standard of legitimacy #2: "Consider finally the prediction that.