The other day I posted about banks' decisions to stop providing loans to college students at "non-elite" universities and college. I suggested that it is decisions like these that help economic and racial inequality persist.Turns out, Ben Bernanke agrees with me.So common sense even a Bush...
Wolcott, reflecting on the advice of Hannity/K-Lo that McCain "find his voice" by modeling his public demeanor after Bernie and Mittens, who delivered, I dunno, the awesomest concession speeches ever(?),.
K.A. Geier makes the case about the Purdum article. I guess that an article that focused very tightly on his financial affairs could have been more useful, but I guess.
I can sort of understand why Roe takes center stage in debates over judicial nomination, although it obscures a lot of important questions and impacts of the court. But people explaining why Obama is infinitely preferable to McCain really shouldn't begin and end with Roe. Even...
It's been a bad week for airline/gym reading. First, the New York that seemed (foolishly in retrospect) like the best option in the gym's magazine rack when I forgot to.
She made her decision about how to react to the inevitable. I guess I'm not as anrgy about it as Matt is, since I didn't really expect anything much different.
The choice quote (pun intended) from today's NY Times essay by a doctor who provided post-abortion complication treatment before Roe v. Wade:What Roe said was that ending a pregnancy could be carried out by medical personnel, in a medically accepted setting, thus conferring on women, finally,...
Noah Shachtman notes that the Army has some interesting ideas about global warming:The Army is weighing in on the global warming debate, claiming that climate change is not man-made. Instead,.
JammieWearingFool, lacking a better term: I must say, if a political hit (for lack of a better term) came out tomorrow and exploded on June 5, the irony meter would.
I would like to think that Barr's candidacy will help Democrats in the fall. I've been pretty skeptical, even if we assume that Barr can attract more support that the typical Libertarian candidate. The biggest reason is that one would assume a serious Libertarian to cross-cut...
I forgot to mention Jesse Taylor's return to Pandagon. Rejoice!...in other Panadagon news, see also.
Jimmy Carter, speaking at a memorial service for Adva Philip Randolph, 3 June 1979:The President of the United States has many invitations to speak, a thousand invitations for each one.