Maureen Dowd invited Stephen Colbert to write her column for her in Sunday's paper. Which was a nice breath of fresh air. Colbert's column is not White House Correspondent Dinner quality, but it's not bad either. A choice quote, in a discussion of the looming presidential...
It never ends.
Well, this does make a certain kind of sense, I suppose. The Israeli strike on what now appears to have been a nuclear reactor at a very low state of.
I know I'm supposed to be mocking Chris Matthews and denouncing Jeneane Garofalo's many vicious and heinous crimes against humanity in order restore the much coveted "fair and balanced" label to LGM, but for the moment I have to once again marvel at the madness that...
Over at TAPPED, Kate Sheppard beat me to my own hobbyhorse: a new study published in the Lancet about the effects of abortion criminalization. The findings are, to people who.
Old Wingnut Debate Rule:Unelected judges -- especially those from foreign lands -- are teh suck.New Wingnut Debate Rule:Unelected judges -- especially those from foreign lands -- are TEH AWESOME!* GOBBLE.
Atypically for something written by John Yoo, I actually agree with much of the first part of his Clarence Thomas apologia. Thomas is the most principled conservative on the Court, his contribution (whether or not one agrees with the conclusions) , and claims that Thomas was...
But then, via publius, she gives us animation:There's so much wrong with Slate (see: Saletan). But sometimes they just get it right.
America's Worst Columnist With the Possible Exception of Maureen Dowd endorses Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. We already knew she was the least progressive major candidate, but...[via MY]Bonus Krauthammer.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson
We haven't sufficiently badgered Mickey Kaus lately, in no small part because I find his immigration blogging interminably boring. His "John Edwards affair scandal" blogging is just pathetic, though:Smith also.
Congrats to Al Gore on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.