I think Lindsay gets it about right about here....And I should repeat it has nothing to do with me thinking that the Mann Act is good legislation. But 1)if you want this kind of legislation repealed you want more rich white men to be charged under...
Wow. If the GOP can't scrounge up a challenge to a one-term incumbent in a red state, things are looking very good in '08. (And if the Dems don't get.
Attempts by the staff at the WaPO to justify printing Charlotte Allen's women-are-teh-stupid projection were, needless to say, embarrassing. (They don't discuss Hirshman's "women who don't agree with me that.
While making the obvious but necessary point that a McCain presidency would be terrible for reproductive freedom, Robyn Blumner wonders if bovine idiocy is in fact a job requirement for the Republican nomination. Apparently, yes:The New York Times Web site reported the following exchange with a...
I agree with publius: this reject and renounce game could be fun to watch. What will HRC say?
Certainly no longer the big news of the day (if it ever was), but the Times editorial board got on the Prison Nation bandwagon today with a damn good editorial..
Whoa.To repeat what I said when a Republican was involved recently:If I were in charge of writing laws, I do not believe that anyone belongs in jail for procuring or (certainly) selling sex for money, or that any criminal offense more severe than a ticket for...
I wish Adam Sternbergh wouldn't project his philistinism on me: "For everyone who felt cheated by the stubbornly ambivalent series finale of The Sopranos — which is to say, everyone.".
This is nothing new, but it's worth revisiting now and again. For the monthly cost of the war in Iraq, conservatively estimated for our purposes at $8 billion, the Pentagon.
Like most of you I'm sure, my first reaction to this was "Tucker Carlson still has a show in MSNBC? Is Dennis Miller still there?" It is oddly reassuring, however, that sometimes low ratings and abysmal quality can kill even a conservative talk show.There's still time...
Damn. Just.... damn.
Think that a McCain administration would be better or different than W.'s? Think again. Turd blossom is back and we could be headed for another 4 (or 8, god forbid).