According to several of my students, today marks "Drink as Much Beer as Possible Day." Among the various alcohol-themed holidays, the legitimacy of this one appears to hover somewhere below that of "Repeal Day."Nevertheless, I see no reason to dismiss the minor secular feasts for lack...
A couple of Matt's commenters beat me to it, but I don't think it's really accurate to say that Thompson is taking a stand on "federalist" grounds. He's never met.
We (the country, the Dems) have capitulated to the GOP Rhetoric. In the Democratic debate the other night, at the tail end, host Tim Russert asked the candidates to name.
Good....to be clear, I mean small-d "democratic" in the title -- no system that could permit a substantial loser in the popular vote to become President for no good reason deserves the word -- but of course it applies in both senses.
[Graphic from Metsgrrl.]I was in Flushing for tonight's unpleasantness, and what can you say? Petey did his job; 2 earned, either driven in or scored by the best hitter in.
Remember when Ronald Reagan's enfeebled brain used to mix and match details from reality and film, like when he confused himself with Brass Bancroft and proposed that the United States.
Not to let my frustration brim over too much, but what's wrong with people that don't use turn signals? Are there drivers ed programs out there teaching that there are situations when one doesn't need to use a turning signal? Is "when the next car over...
Interesting story in the NYT about a woman who appears to have made up an elaborate public 9/11 survival story out of whole cloth. As with Glass, there are giveaways.
Say this for the 2007 Mets: they have the chance to make history. Should they completely spit out the bit, according to Nate Silver's playoff odds they will have pulled.
Scott wrote this morning about Verizon's decision not to allow NARAL Pro-Choice America to use the Verizon network for pro-rights text messaging. The carrier cited its ability to decline to allow messages it deems "unsavory." A flurry of articles and blog posts ensued, and Verizon has...
Matt highlights this genuinely bizarre passage in a Times article about the labor dispute at GM:Beyond the bookkeeping effect of VEBAs, the health care funds could create a kind of.
Publius and JMM draw one of the obvious implications from Verizon's bizarre decision to refuse to carry pro-choice text messages because of their "unsavory" nature. This does make me think.