Ann Althouse claims that yesterday's civil unions ruling by the Supreme Court of New Jersey is an example of "judges who get out in front of what the majority wants." The problem is that the court was doing what the majority wants. (This is what one...
This doesn't seem like good news.An underworld war between drug gangs is raging in Mexico, medieval in its barbarity, its foot soldiers operating with little fear of interference from the.
Yglesias has cherry-picked the best bit from this lunatic-even-by-Victor-Davis-Hanson-standards post at the Corner ("we were lectured daily about the intricacies of Vietnamese, Russian, and Chinese Communists — their rivalries, hatreds,.
The National Review isn't really a part of my daily routine, but the new piece by Byron York is worth a gander, if for no other reason than to get a glimpse of the hamster wheel that runs Bush's brain:Most of all, though, Bush said he...
In the wake of the decision of the Supreme Court of New Jersey that same-sex couples are entitled to the same benefits as heterosexual married couples (although not necessarily under.
This account of Ackerman leaving TNR (ht Atrios) contains a couple interesting things (in addition to Ackerman being fired for being too shrill.) First, Foer describes what Lee Siegel (who.
Today is the 20th anniversary of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. At the time, I was a high school junior attending a journalism conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. A Red Sox fan by virtue of my father's Massachusetts roots, I inherited all the affiliated pathologies....
After seeing this, all I can say is, hopefully Suppan will get hammered tonight!Incidentally, speaking of overrated TV, if I recall correctly, Everybody Loves Raymond was for a significant period.
A student e-mailed me yesterday to admit that after three and a half years of endorsing the war in Iraq, he had changed his mind as of 2:00 p.m. last.
I tried to avoid getting engaged in this discussion, but Totten pulls me in:I'm glad I stopped writing about domestic politics. All this silliness reminds me of why I shouldn't have bothered even sticking my toe in last week. I needed a break from Middle East...
Yglesias points out this statement:He has a long time proclivity for suggesting that someone like James Baker or Brent Scowcroft might make a good envoy to try to re-start negotiations.
Shorter Victor Davis Hansen Hanson: Arabs are ungrateful, hypocritical parasites -- just look at how they use cell phones and television and iPods and medicine to further their evil vision..