The former North Carolina Senator has shuffled off this mortal coil.All condolences to his family but -- particularly given the media tendency to downplay these kinds of details when discussing Jim Crow politicians -- like Matt I'm not inclined to pretend that he was anything but...
Abraham Lincoln, special session message, 4 July 1861:It might seem at first thought to be of little difference whether the present movement at the South be called "secession" or "rebellion.".
The great baseball historian has tragically passed away at 59. As goes without saying, Baseball's Great Experiment is essential reading for anyone interested in the integration of baseball, ranking with.
Roughly 1 in 10 pregnancies in the Arab world ends in an abortion, despite draconian abortion bans in most countries. Just another reminder that the reproductive policies favored by John McCain, the Republican Party, and Islamic theocrats are very ineffective at reducing abortion rates, but are...
I agree with Sanchez and Patashnik that there's no necessary contradiction between Obama's nominal opposition to same-sex marriage and opposition to the California Restoration of Bigotry initiative. As I think.
Blogger robots will take over Presidential Statement duties until I return to the intertube grid sometime next week.Meantime, if any of our readers live in Emden, Illinois (pop. 500), I'll.
Matt writes:As you can perhaps tell from my dyspeptic response to some of our Ideas Festival sponsors' efforts to brand themselves as "green," (see also Boeing's hilarious hand-crank powered flashlight) I don't see the "corporate social responsibility" movement as having a ton of promise. I think...
Harry Truman, statement on the independence of the Philippines, 3 July 1946:The independence achieved today by the Philippines comes after a period of forty-eight years of American sovereignty over the.
This is djw's department, but the Sonics will officially be leaving Seattle. As an NBA nonfan, it's especially easy for me to be happy that the city and state refused.
This is what I've been up to for two of the last three weeks:
If only Senate elections were every two years:The new Q-Poll has Obama has crushing McCain 56 to 35 in Connecticut. No real surprise there. The same poll also finds that.