The Happy Feminist and Jessica Valenti draw our attention to a remarkable-in-a-bad-way ruling by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. The court threw out a rape conviction because the judge failed to instruct the jury that a woman could not legally withdraw consent after penetration....
Matt Duss dredges the depths of the Corner and finds that opposition to abortion and the taking of positive steps to encourage families to have children is the equivalent of.
Just because of pesky reality. Just take a lesson from James Glassman and tweak the original claim a little. Like, you know, giving your financial prediction a time horizion almost.
Shorter Jon Henke: "You have no reason to object to being assaulted for asking questions of your Senator, if you're guilty of a history of...being a Democrat. Also, using "guerilla" as a metaphor for nonviolent activist immunizes any future attackers from any responsibility for beating the...
Via Whiskey Fire, we learn that Chuck Norris now has a column at World Net Daily. It's worse than you can possibly imagine. For instance, in his response last week.
As we spend the day inserting sleeping pills and needles into miniature candy bars, jamming razor blades into candied applies, and coating lollypops with LSD and angel dust, it's worth.
I'm not inclined to intensify my disagreement with Amy Sullivan, but a couple points in her reply demand a clarification. Some of her claims I don't even understand. If she's not claiming that it's not Democratic politicians who need to reach out to evangelical voters, I...
Some new CNN data. It still looks like 50-49-1 to me, with Tennessee looking like a write-off. The one ray of hope is Virginia--the polls are still even, and given.
Shorter Ann Althouse: Why can't those pretentious writers and directors stop making television shows and movies, and just go straight to the blog summaries? Movies are only good for using.
It's post about annoying indie cinema reminds me that I'm vastly behind on my movie posts. (Alas, I haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine yet, but I can confirm that Miranda July's New Yorker short story was indeed outstanding. Of course, I also liked Me and You...
Can we please dispense at long, merciful last with the myth that the United States could possibly have won "had we not cut off aid to South Vietnam in 1974-5,".
Last week the Patterson Film Series featured The Third Man. As a piece of filmmaking, what is there to say? Reed creates two of the most memorable scenes in the.