I think it's worth adding a little more to Sam's terrific post about the Pollit/Saletan debate, (see Atrios too). I have been having a conversation in comments with Pithlord, one of our favorite commenters, about the consequences of overturning Carhart, which has (as is generally the...
Greenwald speak, you listen.
Like Scott, I've never much understood the enthusiasm for The West Wing. This, however, is hilarious and justifies the show's entire existence.h/t Dan Drezner
Read this before you move on with the rest of your day.Let me cite the illustrious Dave:This is on my mind since Scott's post today that had me reading the internet's silliest source of right-wing Stalinist film criticism (This dimwit actually thought "welcome to the suck"...
I've been told by several people that Alito's joining with the court's more liberal members to issue a stay in a death penalty case proves that I'm wrong and he's.
Jane and Atrios are, of course, right. Whatever the merits of NARAL endorsing Chafee at the time--and I thought that as soon as Langevin pulled out it wasn't particularly defensible--after.
This will be a nice near-birthday present......speaking of which, an interesting question: I can't speak about Veronica Mars specifically because I haven't seen most of the first season, but how many quality shows have never had a truly bad episode? The Sopranos is relevant because not...
In the comments to a TBogg post uncovering an argument by a Democratic hack--apparently in earnest, although I find that hard to believe--arguing that Joe Biden is the best Democratic.
2CA and 9CA ruled yesterday that the federal "Partial Birth Abortion Act" is unconstitutional. Under existing precedent, this is black-letter law and these were not the first courts to rule.
Look, I think it's absurd that taxpayer money is spent on baseball stadiums. It helps out a few very wealthy people at the expense of entire communities. However, I don't think that people should try to fool themselves into thinking that the latest generation of ballparks...
Blarg. I have successfully slogged through our archive searching for every post on the movies. They are now collected here, and will shortly be linked to on the sidebar.God, you.
Make sure to check out the terrific series of posts Fact-esque has put together (1,2) on America's voting system. There are a variety of serious problems with the integrity of.