Nothing like a little self-congratulation to get a blogger going in the morning. Amanda's got a post up at Pandagon and Offsprung bemoaning the horrendous job the MSM does addressing or qualifying the false claims made by the wingnuts in interviews, op-eds and other appearances. Case...
Matt calls this development good, but I'm not so sure...In light of the heated controversy that has surrounded the Turkish-Armenian issue in recent weeks, and because of our concern for.
Whatta maroon. Michiko Kakutani must be praying that "write a negative review, pay $150 million" doesn't become a legal precedent...
Repeating a frequent argument, a commenter to this thread says:The structure of a universal care system should somehow promote and reward healthy living. How does one deter the freeloaders who take poor care of themselves and then overuse the system for years on end (as sort...
From Nan Aaron:The Post is wrong. Why are so many unions opposed to Southwick? Because Southwick voted against the interests of injured workers and consumers in divided decisions 89 percent.
David Axe has a good post on Canada's defense posture. Noting that the Canadian military has been remarkably effective in Afghanistan, he takes a look at how Canada is spending.
In addition to what Roy says, I'd like to highlight this odd part of Megan McArdle's counter to Ezra's attack on Giuliani's health plan:Moreover, as a class, the old and sick have some culpability in their ill health. They didn't eat right or excercise; they smoked;...
Lots of competition in this category, I imagine, but this is a unique species of awful:ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 20 — According to local legend, the cliff swallows are supposed to.
The story about the Bush administration pre-empting states from expanding healthcare programs for children reminds me that I forgot to comment on the latest Michael Gerson joint. To follow up.
In Daniel Lazare's smart and biting review of books about America's incarceration culture, appearing in last week's Nation, he highlights an incendiary argument from Marie Gottschalk's book, The Prison and the Gallows (which I have not yet read but which is on my Amazon wishlist. Hint...
Via Matt, Mike Crowley:The Anti Defamation League has fired its New England regional direction for insisting that the group recognize as genocide the circa-1915 slaughter of perhaps a million Armenians.
. . . She had a heart?I suppose there's a good argument to be made that if Helmsley had been a man, her crimes wouldn't have earned more than a.