We would be remiss in not observing Jackie Robinson Day. Robinson's contribution as a pioneer has probably obscured his talent as a ballplayer; between age thirty and thirty-three, he posted four consecutive seasons of a 10+ WARP (Wins Above Replacement). This is an outstanding achievement, and...
Among my numerous intellectual deficits, I'm not a very articulate film-and-TV-talking-guy like Scott, Rob, or DJW. I haven't watched television since August, and I've seen exactly two films in the.
From an email from the Correctional Association's Women in Prison Project to the Coalition for Women Prisoners:In case you have not yet heard, for the first time in almost 30.
What on earth is a story about a designer who's been accused of rape by a number of models, some underage, doing in the Style Section? Because the women were models, it's a trend piece?A truly fascinating note is the contrast between the headline on the...
Hilzoy explains why deficits matter for progressive politics:Total Spent On Debt Service: 405.9 billionYes, that's right: had we simply paid our bills on time, more or less, we would not.
If the hypnotic appeal of Sandy Belle won't be spoiled by some old-fashioned journalism, Garance gets to the bottom of it.Meanwhile, moving on to unintentional parody I should note that.
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You know what's funny? Free market theologians complaining about sufferings of "disadvantaged minorities" at the hands of people like . . . uh . . . John Muir. No, really..
From Jamie Spencer, Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer:"Judges Can't Sentence "Drugs" to Prison. Instead, they sentence people to prison. So let’s just be honest about it, and start calling it the 'War on Drug Users', OK?"How right he is. Punishing drug addiction is unconstitutional since addiction is...
Today is the 134th anniversary of the massacre in Colfax, Louisiana, where white and black militias clashed in an Easter Sunday battle that left scores of blacks dead. According to.
There's been a lot of press recently about wrongly convicted men who have been exonerated by DNA evidence. No doubt, the work of the Innocence Project and other organizations that.