There are lots of ways to define a "Republican," but "someone who thinks that someone with more than $5 million worth of assets is 'poor or middle class'" seems as good as any. Although, in fairness, lots of poor people would have had that kind of...
What with the Blogads and the Googleads, Scott and I derive an income from this blog that, when supplemented by full time jobs and heavy debt, allows us to live.
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After the first technical post with extensive discussions of Canadian case law, let me try to lay out the case for Roe made by Balkin and the other authors.As I said in the last post and have also written before, the question of whether a woman's...
I agree with Kevin Drum; the proposition that John McCain can't be beaten in 2008 is indefensible on its face. I remain unconvinced that McCain will be able to fight.
Via Barbara, I see that it's not just Lieberman but ace uncoverer of Islamofascist conspiracies in the Travel section of the New York Times Tom Maguire who is trying to.
This is the first of a series of eight reviews of books on the Patterson Summer Reading List.God, this is a terrible book.You get the sense that it's bad from the cover quotes. Gaddis: "No contemporary historian rivals ... Ferguson for the range, productivity, and visibility...
Yglesias:People should really listen to Robert Pape.And, for that matter, read his book.I concur and would add:Read his other book, too. And Mia Bloom's book.
Apparently the apples became bad partly because they were poisoned:Military prosecutors and investigators probing the killing of three Iraqi detainees by U.S. troops in May believe the unit's commanders created.
As Henry Farrell and Larry Solum note, political theory has lost a major voice before her time. University of Chicago obit here.The distinction between political theory and political philosophy can certainly be exaggerated, but one difference, I think, is that political theory has done a better...
As I mentioned recently, I thought I would devote some time to discuss some of the arguments made in Jack Balkin's new book, What Roe Should Have Said. (Balkin describes.
Uh...The Bush administration said it viewed attempts by Venezuela or other countries to influence the transition in Cuba as unwarranted intervention. “The president is worried about people in the neighborhood.