I thought I'd seen seen some awful graduation ceremonies in my day, but Jeebus! At Wash U. in St. Louis, Chris Matthews will give the commencement address, and Phyllis "Rape Cannot Exist in the Confines of Marriage" Schlafly will receive an honorary doctorate.The good news, of...
As Hilzoy notes, the gas tax pander seems to have failed utterly, perhaps even costing Clinton a substantial number of votes. I take some comfort in the notion that voters.
As Sam said, tonight conveyed no new information. Clinton had pretty much no chance before tonight, and she still doesn't. They have the same coalitions they've had for most of.
I'm guessing Moises Alou isn't the oldest player ever to steal home (Carew? Cobb?), but I suspect he may have the oldest back and knees...I continue to regret the fact that my Moises-signed softball glove was lost forever on the swampy University of Washington softball fields.
Normally I leave this sort of thing to my betters at sites like Openleft. I don't really know much of anything about this stuff. But:Playing around with the current Indiana.
McCain, again trying to shore up his conservative credentials, is heaping criticism on Barack Obama for voting against the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts (Hillary Clinton also voted against.
Another academic year is now officially over. I've submitted all my grades, and now -- as usual -- I'm overcome by an enormous sense of panic as I wonder how I can possibly have enough time this summer to complete my research and prepare for next...
Andrew Jackson, in a message to the Senate, 6 May 1830, three weeks prior to the passage of the Indian Removal Act.It is certainly desirous . . . that some.
The predictions part of my diavlog was lost, but I think I predicted Clinton +10 in Indiana, Obama +7 in NC. Overs? Unders?
Like Josh Patashnik, I'm puzzled by Anna Quindlen's claim that the judiciary is the most powerful branch of the federal government. Patashnik notes the relatively narrow scope of the recent decisions Quindlen cites, which is terms of their impact are obviously dwarfed by, say, the Iraq...
Diavlogged with Michael Goldfarb yesterday, but gremlins got into the process somewhere, and only about twelve minutes survived. Here's a bit from the remnant:
Via Phil Carter and Eli Lake, Paul Wolfowitz on the mistakes of the occupation:"One was enough troops for the major combat. A lot of people said we didn't have it,.