The verdict of the people is clear. If they want to avoid further backlash, Democrats should resist the urge to take rash legislative action before a Republican Congress is seated next January.
I'll have a longer post following up on Rob's post below in the morning. Before that, one thing I'll say is that if Senate Dems really think that, in a.
Although I'm hardly a rational choice purist, I tend to think that political actors operate according to logics that are essentially intelligible, and that they more or less respond to.
Over the break, Foreign Affairs posted my picks on which gender literature the foreign policy community should take seriously. Here's how the piece begins: Feminists have long argued that it is wrong to ignore half the population when crafting policies meant to secure a stable world...
Kate McGarrigle, 1946-2010. Definitely a great one.
In retrospect, we're rather glad that Colonel Mustard didn't take us up on the offer to make it interesting. UPDATE [By SL]: Hey, when you're right 35% of the time...I'm.
A 6.1 magnitude aftershock has hit Haiti.
I'm doing a talk on this topic at UCLA tomorrow. The price is right for any LA LGMers looking to stretch their entertainment dollar.I'm staying at a guest house on.
I'm pretty sure that David Broder will conclude this means the system works.UPDATE [BY SL]: I believe that Massachusetts swing voters have sent a clear message, and the message is,.
(This is a guest post by Ben Shapiro, the esteemed author of, among other things, "The Top 5 Conservative Characters on the First Episode of The Wire.")This is for all those people who read my list of the most overrated directors and demanded to know who...
Shorter Bobo: passing a health care bill that might only have been able to get a 59-41 supermajority in the Senate would be "political suicide." Going into the midterms having.
If -- and I'm pessimistically assuming when -- Scott Brown wins tonight, how long will it take before a member of the Senate Democratic caucus announces his or her intention.