Gaius Verres was not, by the accounts we have left, a decent human being. Governorship of a Roman province came with certain prerogatives, including the expectation that the governor would enrich himself at the expense of his charges. When Gaius Verres was given the helm of...
More evidence in the British Medical Journal.
I suspect a lot of folks who never considered taking the train before found themselves momentarily curious to hear that Amtrak was offering $100 in free booze for passengers on.
I must admit, seeing the camera pan around Wrigley Field before the game made me wish I was at Yearly Kos (well, I wouldn't have been at Yearly Kos now but you can see what I'm driving at.) Especially given the possibility (now unlikely to happen)...
News today of a new study that demonstrates that young single women living in big cities earn more than their male counterparts. This of course stands in stark opposition to.
Ah, I believe we would have here our wanker of the day. I also note that 1)the money made by hedge fund managers is clearly compensation not capital gains, and.
Following up on Bean's excellent analysis from earlier this week, Lindsay notes the shifts in language in the way the story was covered, and brings us to the obvious bottom line: "Hoarding self-aborted fetuses is creepy as all hell, but it's not a crime in Maryland."My...
UPDATE: Matt Sanchez reports that Beauchamp's Brigade Combat Team has issued a report indicating that Beauchamp's stories have been "proven false". Sanchez hasn't given any citation for this report thus.
Welcome to the first installment of Dunce O' the Week. This week's winner wasn't a hard pick: Bill O'Reilly (this may be the first of many weeks he wins). Why?.
As you - loyal readers - now know (because I write about it ad nauseum), the criminal justice system's reliance on eyewitness testimony has led to many many (many) false convictions. But a new study shows that the problem is not the eyewitness's misremembering. It's the...
Friday Cat Blogging... Starbuck and Nelson
Diane Feinstein, who cast the key vote to let arch-reactionary Leslie Southwick out of the Judiciary Committee. Apparently, she saw the Roberts Court's first term, liked what she saw, and.