An interesting article by Warren Richey about whether the Supremes will "trim" the appalling Military Commissions Act. My guess, as Richey suggests, is that the Court will do pretty much nothing--Kennedy invited Congress to act, and it did. These kinds of interactions between courts and legislatures...
Via Matt Weiner, it looks like the fine folks of Kansas are about to tell Phil "He's What's the Matter With Kansas" Kline that his "services" shall no longer be.
Why in the name of all that is holy did Slate hire Anne Applebaum to write a column called Foreigners: Opinions about events beyond our borders? Is she in some.
I think there's a lot of truth to what Matt says here. All I would add is that in the House, where the Democrats have the best shot, the structural advantages of incumbents are particularly formidable, and a slight downtick in the general climate could create...
Bob Owens scrawls his latest post in poo.
You knew that Hitchens would have to respond to the Lancet study, didn't you? I'll refrain from excerpting, and rather summarize:1. The Lancet Study is wrong for some reason. I.
So saith Assrocket:In fact, as we have often noted, if you listened to any of the speeches President Bush gave on Iraq in 2003 or read the Congressional authorization on the war, every rationale that has ever been discussed is there. And, as I have often...
After further reflection on the uses and mis-uses of statistics, I have concluded -- along with Treason-in-Defense-of-Slavery Yankee, the Milton Friedman Appreciation Society and Supper Club, and Instahack -- that.
It's still claiming lives...As it turns out, there were two casualties at last weekend's national re-enactment of the Battle of Perryville: Two horses died.The animals died during the Oct. 7.
Via TAPPED, the Lexington Herald-Leader appears to be returning a grant designed to support investigation of Senator Mitch McConnell after McConnell's office called the paper and accused the center giving the grant of having a liberal bias. Fortunately, the four part story appears to be running...
Baltar is on the case.Going to be in Louisville, Saturday night.
Amanda Marcotte calls our attention to this excellent piece by Stacy Schiff, who debunks claims that Susan B. Anthony was a supporter of abortion bans. I find it particularly interesting.