Taking on Johnathan Cohn on his own terrain (and I think Cohn's emphasis on presidential ability rather than short-term political tactics is sound), Brad Plumer makes a case for Sebelius as VP pick. This is the bottom line:Sebelius's biggest strength is the fact that she's the...
Players vote Derek Jeter most overrated player in baseball. (Actually, the title is misleading, as while the #1 pick is unassailably correct, Slappy Rodriguez and Wright are bizarre choices, and.
Richard Nixon, remarks to reporters, 19 June 1969:Mr. Hoover does enjoy my complete confidence, and there has been no discussion with regard to his tenure as far as the future.
Goodness. That didn't take very long at all.
This really is bad.
Above the Law (the legal tabloid run by David Lat, he of Underneath their Robes fame) has published its list of Top 10 Legal Songs. And guess what? We're #2..
Since the first three comments manage to miss the point entirely, allow me to try this again:Like any Democrat capable of winning a national election, Obama will make all sorts of compromises and advance suboptimal ideological positions. It is good for progressives to point his failings,...
Yes, its yet another in a series of "when is he coming back, I can't stand this new guy" posts. We probably all know Farley's views on the Air Force,.
I dunno, if Rumsfeld really wanted to get back at McCain, wouldn't he prominently endorse him and suggest that we'd see similar foreign policy under a McCain administration no matter.
Indeed. One of the most irritating aspects of blog discussion about the primary was the "See -- Obama's a politican, no matter what his supporters say!" / "Obamabots don't understand that he will not suddenly make Republicans disappear!" talking points, along with similar assorted strawmen.
The New York Times reported yesterday on an alarming trend out of the anti-woman/forced pregnancy camp in Kansas. In that state (and a few others), state laws allow people to.
There are no shortage of dumb theories about the fall of communism -- nearly all of them having to do with Reagan -- but I'll admit I'd forgotten this chestnut.For.