Michael Stokes Paulsen, in the fine tradition of Bush v. Gore itself, attempts to argue that the recount that gave the Minnesota Senate election to Al Franken "is an obvious, embarrassing violation of the Constitution." This argument, as you would expect, consists almost entirely of blatant...
For people who care about civil liberties, it was definitely not a good thing when the Roberts Court decided to hear an exclusionary rule case this term. The Court's Wednesday.
This is really djw's department, but in the interim a fine tribute to McGoohan can be found here.
Good to see that the Yankees' fleecing of the public fisc is attracting more attention, although in policy terms it's almost certainly too little too late. In fairness, Thompson doesn't seem to be considering the immense economic rewards that come from such subsidies; after all, without...
I have little to add to what Rob, Dana, or Erik have offered on the subject, but I'd like to grit my teeth audibly for a moment and urge Ezra.
Ezra:I grew up among academics. And I have never since met a class of people so contemptuous of teaching. You'd think they were being asked to chew mud.When in the.
The more one looks into this topic the more obvious it becomes that a concept like "normal weight" is so sociologically complex as to be practically meaningless.A couple of further notes: One thing the fat police love to say when it's pointed out that the entire...
Palin:Sarah Palin fired a new salvo in her war on the media, unloading in a new interview on her home state paper and “bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie.”The Alaska.
I diavlogged with Eli Lake last week:
Speaking of Stuart Taylor and Evan Thomas, who can forget their classic Newsweek cover article asserting that Sam Alito was a moderate who would disappoint conservatives? After all, he liked baseball and had a family --pretty clear evidence that he wasn't the wholly doctrinaire reactionary more...
This is the kind of thing that Ehud Olmert shouldn't talk about, even if it's true:In an unusually public rebuke, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary.
I sure hope that 98% of EPSN's news coverage consists of breathless reports about whether and where the 27th best QB in the NFL will play in 2009, just like.