Palin on "Endurance"

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The now funniest line from Palin's ridiculous Runner's World interview:I betcha I'd have more endurance. My one claim to fame in my own little internal running circle is a sub-four marathon. It wasn't necessarily a good running time, but it proves I have the endurance within...

Minimalism and the Roberts Court

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Responding to Jack Balkin on the Court's "minimalist turn," Johnathan Adler argues:It's an interesting post, but I reject Balkin's premise. There's nothing "sudden" about the Roberts Court's minimalism. Rather, a conservative minimalism has been the defining characteristic of the Roberts Court and, as a general matter,...

Andy v Andy

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Gentlemen's Singles Semi-Final, The Championships, Wimbledon.  Today, at some point.  (If you care, you already know.  I really don't.)This is a big deal here in the UK as one might imagine,.

Contrarianism I Can Get Behind

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Now, if we can only get someone to take on parades:Meanwhile, the professional fireworks display is an exercise in pomposity, aggression, triumphalism, and hubris.And boring. Don't forget boring. If you're at a decent July 4th party, whatever you were doing is more fun than the fireworks.

Meanwhile, Nixon sucks a dry martini

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It's nice to see so many wingnuts lifting Helen Thomas -- the recipient of so much of their loathing over the years -- and bearing her aloft on their shoulders after she claimed that the Obama administration is more obsessed with media control than Richard Nixon....

I Admit It

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No matter how many clever and complex rationalizations I hear to justify the extensive coverage, I still don't understand why I should care at all about Mark Sanford's sex life,.

The Obvious About Alito

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Adam Liptak has done an excellent job as the Times' Supreme Court reporter, and while address some other aspects of his term-end roundup in a subsequent post I was especially.

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