Rob's post on luck and wingnuttery reminded me of a Times editorial written four years ago by historian Jackson Lears on the subject of George W. Bush and his Providential sense of history. Lears points out the obvious, which is that Der Preznit doesn't believe in...
At some point within the manly space that is the wingnutosphere, it became fashionable to talk about things like war with Iraq or the Surge in terms of long odds..
Erik makes an important point regarding the political backlash against the Dixie Chicks in his good commentary on J. Lester Feder's fine article on the right wing shift of country.
Shorter Michael Medved: The sheer terror of potentially working with somebody who might find you sexually attractive totally justifies hating fags. And might I add, no fat chicks? This whole line of reasoning--famous for justifying the exclusion of gay people and women from countless workplaces well...
Glenn Reynolds uses some somewhat prose-like stylings ("beclowned"?) to defend his crackpot assassination scheme. Alas, he doen't explicitly defend his farcical claim that the U.S and Iran have been at.
(This is going to be somewhat of a Loomisian gesture, but as part of my weird obsession with the worst that history has to offer, I'm going to start an.
The more important holding issuing from the federal court system today, of course, was the 2-1 ruling by the D.C. circuit rejecting the habeas petitions of prisoners being held without charges at Gitmo. I haven't had a chance to read it yet; the TD, Hilzoy, and...
Since Brad has requested more hockey blogging, having just watched the Flames play their third consecutive game against the Avalanche seems a good time to mention how much I hate.
The decision in the Phillip Morris case came down today, with the Court vacating the award of damages in a 5-4 decision. I'm extremely skeptical of this whole project of.
Just a quick note to Doughbob Loadpants and Rubble Boy:The possibility that Al Gore recommended -- fourteen years ago -- the rendition of a single terrorist to the United States does not in fact make him a hypocrite for opposing the Bush administration's objectively ghastly policy...
Kaus again cites Pajamas Media's Baghdad editor in defense of the idea that the Surge is working. Mohammed, you may recall, suggested that the five day absence of attacks demonstrated.
Shorter Verbatim Glenn Reynolds: "He hurts his credibility up front by saying that Iran is not at war with us -- when, in fact, it has been since 1979."As Blue.