Matt links to without fully endorsing Kerry Howley's feminist-libertarian argument for legalizing prostitution. I'm inclined to agree with her bottom line, but I do find the argument in this form a little problematic. The key is this line: "Even decriminalization, which treats Johns as outlaws and...
Geraldine Ferraro refuses to back off her claim that Obama has gotten so far in the presidential primary because he is black. In fact, she's made things worse, saying:"Racism works.
Like Scott, I thought that the Wire finale was fantastic. Three of the four great HBO dramas have had great final episodes; Deadwood is the tragic exception. A couple of.
I really like Chris Hedges, but if we take this column and replace the phrase "Ralph Nader" with the phrase "some dude I know who reads a lot of Naomi Klein and Greg Palast books," his argument only becomes marginally less persuasive.In the piece, Hedges quotes...
24-point win for Obama, netting +6 delegates and nearly 100,000 popular votes. Also note that this was despite GOP voters going for Clinton 3-to-1.I must also admit finding it grimly.
I agree with K-Drum and Atrios about this Orlando Patterson op-ed. I mean, even if there was a potential racial subtext that the ad should have avoided -- and Patterson's.
The Obama campaign hits back on Clinton's allegedly extensive foreign policy "experience." (Admittedly, they don't seem to be counting the time she went to Albania with Amy Grant and Nipsey Russell in their rundown.) And, of course, the bottom line remains the most important thing: Barack...
Apparently, Dr. Laura Schlesinger just couldn't resist the chance to woman-bash. When she appeared on the Today Show this morning to discuss the Spitzer Scandal (TM), she had this to.
I'm so sick of the Spitzer talk. Yet here I am.Jon Wiener over at the Nation's blog the Notion suggests how the Spitzer scandal is going to play out in.
For my part I think that the superdelegates should be able to consider whatever they want when deciding between Clinton and Obama, and if they want to take seriously the idea that cobbling together a national popular vote makes any sense, more power to them. Along...
I've been meaning to return to the conversation I began in these posts (see also Rob) on atheism, religion, ecumenicalism, pluralism, respect, and the toxicity of Dawkinsian-style engagement with religion,.
Ezra:If Hillary Clinton were a black man, it's unlikely that she would have been a national political figure for the past 15 years, as it's unlikely that she would have.