Libertarians: Sometimes Right

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To push the points made by Matt further, [update: and to disagree with Ezra], I have to say that libertarians are right about regulations banning further fast food restaurants in South Los Angeles. First of all, I object to the ends of the legislation, because I...

Manny Being Marlin

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Whoa--this would be something if it happens. My initial impulse was to say that this is making Boston's season look all the more 2005ish, but it's not that bad. It.

Ugh

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On July 30, 2008

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Detroit media outlets reporting Yankees have acquired Ivan Rodriguez. No word on what the Tigers got.While obviously not close to the player he was in his prime, IRod is an.

Hands around a white man’s throat

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I suppose you'd have to be one of the more deliberately uninformed assholes on the planet -- which is to say, you'd have to be Dan Riehl -- to make this sort of argument:The first "American" slaves weren't black, they were white and usually from Europe....

Fall Woman

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I agree with Turley and Bazelon that it will be pathetic if Monica Goodling ends up taking all of the responsibility for the frequently illegal cronyism and ineptitude at the.

The Real Drug War

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A top government research scientist I know has a theory about the "obesity epidemic." Dr. X isn't allowed to speak on the record to the media about X's work without.

The Suspense Is Over!

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I'm sure you've been waiting with bated breath to see which wholly arbitrary subdivision of the center-right white bourgeoisie Mark Penn would invent this year and claim requires the maximum amount of pandering. The answer is: "active grannies." Hopefully lazy journalists looking for think-pieces composed entirely...

Apocalypse Now

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I've just read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which Robert Farley reviewed on LGM back when it was published a couple of years ago. I hadn't read anything by McCarthy before,.

Stevens Indicted

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Drink the news like sweet, sweet wine.Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday in Washington, a.

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