The venerable Martini Republic, one of this blog's earliest allies, has expired. Rising from the ashes is Martini Revolution. Adjust your links accordingly.
I mentioned earlier today the scandal concerning the DoE allowing loan companies to loot subsidies intended to help poor students--they were informed about the loophole by a whistleblower, who was.
When asked, I've always said that if I didn't pass quietly in my sleep at the age of 85, I would want to die -- heroically defending my reputation for.
Jon Chait gets the modern GOP down cold:Of all the low points during the Bush administration, perhaps the most surreal was the week in December 2004 when Bernie Kerik was poised to become secretary of Homeland Security. By the traditional measures used to judge qualifications for...
Just to be clear, I'm not claiming that there's any right answer to balances of aesthetic (or other) pleasures and health risks, that drawing broad inferences based on consumption patterns.
As Rob notes below, TAPPED has completed a spanking new re-design, so check it out. I have a post about Rudy and the NRO up.
One thing I don't understand about the right-blogger gnashing of teeth about impoverished-homeless-man's Erma Bombeck Jim Lileks's column being spiked by the Strib (the best line among the many funny counter-reactions, in response to someone comparing Lileks to E.B. White (!): "I say, imagine E.B. White...
Huh. Ted Poe (R-TX) thinks it's appropriate to quote Nathan Bedford Forrest on the floor of the House of Representatives. Forrest, a major figure in the early KKK, also led.
Saw Spiderman III on Saturday. Although I'm as incredulous as Scott regarding Matt's self-assessment as "usually a relatively harsh judge of films", I do think Yglesias is more or less.
November 1996 - 7 May 2007I've never been known as a great enthusiast of my own species, but it seems indisputable that the planet would be better off if cats and humans swapped life expectancies. This year has not been kind to the feline companions of...
Hilzoy just gets cruel. Have some mercy, and call off the dogs, already. Oh, wait... it's Mitt Romney. Please dispatch additional dogs.
I discuss this a bit in the post below, but I think this part of Jill's post is worth emphasizing. She proposes a narrowly tailored remedy that that avoids the.