Jesse and David say most of what needs to be said about Bruce Bartlett's op-ed, but it's worth saying more about one specific point. The central problem with Bartlett's argument is its triviality and irrelevance: it's indisputable that in the immediate wake of the Civil War...
Dahlia Lithwick on the new War Powers Commission and the new FISA revisions:Our war-powers problems lie not so much in the failure of checks and balances, but in the fact.
The problems with Bruce Bartlett's pseudo-historical WSJ piece are almost too numerous to contemplate. For starters, it's laughable for him to suggest -- as he evidently does in the subtitle.
Having been in Israel while the possibility of exchanging Samir Kuntar for the bodies of two IDF soldiers was being widely discussed, I had considered writing a post about the.
Dowd:John McCain’s Don Rickles routines — “Thanks for the question, you little jerk” — can fall flat. But he seems like a guy who can be teased harmlessly.Sure:In his 1992.
The Bush administration signs on to the idea that it's an act of High Principle to get paid when you're not willing to do your job, and it's desirable for people to use their state-granted gatekeeping authority to obstruct women's access to health care. Indeed, these...
Shorter Verbatim Some Clown At Chicago Boyz: "I suspect Obama will he a horrible president, somewhere on a continuum between Jimmy Carter and Robert Mugabe."In fairness, this guy is a.
Atrios makes a point:From the perspective of US as imperial power the "'single-minded' focus on Iraq" has also been an utter disaster. For those who think that one way or.
You'll all be stunned to learn that the Sons of Confederate Veterans have laid claim to the grave of another selfless bondsman who loved his master so very much that he was willing to serve in defense of his master's right to own him.In related news,...
Although C. Moore's Sluggy McSlugs managed a hard charge towards the end of the first half of the season, they were unable to stave off the inevitable victory of the.
Between visits to Beefaroo, the family and I managed to spend a few days in Chicago during our recent venture to the midwest. Just before heading off to O'Hare for.