A commenter protests in re: my assumption that the media will, as it always does, forgive John McCain his appalling campaign:The media loved McCain for certain traits, traits that he's abandoned in his pursuit of the Presidency. He's never getting that back.The obvious problem here is...
I regret that I must disagree with Atrios when he said that "conservatives can't whine that their hilarious vision [in An American Carol] was censored by the evil liberals." Sadly, this.
Erik Loomis makes a stalwart defense of Seattle's Alaska Way Viaduct, recently named the Worst Freeway in America:The road sucks in a lot of ways. A big earthquake would remind.
Shorter Verbatim Assrocket:The fundamentals of the economy are indeed strong, and John McCain shouldn't hesitate to say so.I agree! Never mind that GDP is a more or less meaningless indicator of national economic health and can be inflated by, say, terribly conceived wars or speculative bubbles...
That's apparently as good an explanation as any for the strange behavior of NFL coaches at the end of games. For instance, tonight Minnesota gets to the New Orleans 14-yard-line.
Ezra presents an optimistic perspective about whether McCain's "dishonor before death" campaign will damage his reputation, at least if he loses. I'm not as sure.In the long-term, I'm inclined to.
Adam Liptak has a useful roundup, noting that the Court does not have any "blockbusters" comparable to last year's Second Amendment, death penalty, and war powers decisions. There are, however, some cases that indicate the likely direction of the Roberts Court and why many of his...
Bill Kristol continues to push Sarah Palin, and hints at his own responsibility for the pick. It's columns like this that make me wonder whether there'll be a reckoning in.
This is interesting; I got the impression on Thursday night that Palin had intentionally mispronounced nuclear, presumably as some sort of anti-elitist message to the base. Before the first time.
With his beloved Rangers having opened their season in Prague, this seems like as good a time as any to note that world's most dangerous professor Michael Berube has returned to his own blog. As happy as I am to have him back, however, I'm appalled...
To no non-wingnut's surprise, Yoosta-Bee has-been David Zucker's latest film Michael Moore is teh Fat Heh Indeed! has been a commercial and critical fiasco. So if you're the kind of.
From the political candidate who -- for nearly six weeks now -- hasn't had a public thought that wasn't handed to her on an index card, there's this:“The pundits today.