The Verizon policy chief behind the selective attempt to stop NARAL from paying Verizon to set up an IM network turns out to be...an anti-choice former Congressman who explicitly endorsed the GOP plank to make abortion 1st degree murder in all 50 states, and not surprisingly...
In his latest attempt to revive his stillborn campaign, John McCain -- beloved, you may remember, earlier in this decade by the media and an inexplicable number of liberal pundits.
I've always thought the pennant race was more exciting than the post-season, and at least in one league this year he have a great finish. Where did the people who.
In her review of the new Ang Lee picture, Manohla Dargis identifies it as another example of the bizarre way that the MPAA evaluates sex and violence relative to each other:And flirtation is the word, despite the shoving and hitting, a few harsh lashes and geometric...
Roy has been doing a good job with Andrew Breitbart's War Against Culture lobs against David Ehrenstein, but missed one thing: Breitbart's claim that Matthew Shepard "was killed by crazed.
According to several of my students, today marks "Drink as Much Beer as Possible Day." Among the various alcohol-themed holidays, the legitimacy of this one appears to hover somewhere below.
A couple of Matt's commenters beat me to it, but I don't think it's really accurate to say that Thompson is taking a stand on "federalist" grounds. He's never met a federal abortion regulation he doesn't like, for example, so as with 99% of the population...
We (the country, the Dems) have capitulated to the GOP Rhetoric. In the Democratic debate the other night, at the tail end, host Tim Russert asked the candidates to name.
Good....to be clear, I mean small-d "democratic" in the title -- no system that could permit a substantial loser in the popular vote to become President for no good reason.
[Graphic from Metsgrrl.]I was in Flushing for tonight's unpleasantness, and what can you say? Petey did his job; 2 earned, either driven in or scored by the best hitter in the league, and despite some early command issues worked efficiently enough to keep the Arson Squad...
Remember when Ronald Reagan's enfeebled brain used to mix and match details from reality and film, like when he confused himself with Brass Bancroft and proposed that the United States.
Not to let my frustration brim over too much, but what's wrong with people that don't use turn signals? Are there drivers ed programs out there teaching that there are.