I'm not excusing what Dr. Charles Friedgood did, but it seems to me that it's well past time to let him out of prison. It's also worth noting (as the article does), that there is a class action suit pending against the state Parole Board for...
Newt is out. The Republican primary remains in the odd position where it seems logically impossible for everyone to win except Huckabee, who seems to be running behind the ghost.
John McCain.So far, bloggers near and far are scratching their heads over McCain's facially ignorant claim that the Constitution established a "Christian nation." I wouldn't, though, agree with Tristero that.
You weren't expecting that, were you?So there's a short story from the Soviet era, late Stalin I think or shortly thereafter, about a group of friends and acquaintences with a number of lingering personal and sexual conflicts and jealousies. An official announcement is made by the...
Must read: Marc Lynch on Biden's meaningless, preening "sophistication." It's one of those ideas that might sound like it's worth thinking about for out three seconds if you don't know.
The Verizon policy chief behind the selective attempt to stop NARAL from paying Verizon to set up an IM network turns out to be...an anti-choice former Congressman who explicitly endorsed.
In his latest attempt to revive his stillborn campaign, John McCain -- beloved, you may remember, earlier in this decade by the media and an inexplicable number of liberal pundits for an alleged refusal to pander -- decides to engage in rank religious bigotry, arguing (among...
I've always thought the pennant race was more exciting than the post-season, and at least in one league this year he have a great finish. Where did the people who.
In her review of the new Ang Lee picture, Manohla Dargis identifies it as another example of the bizarre way that the MPAA evaluates sex and violence relative to each.
Roy has been doing a good job with Andrew Breitbart's War Against Culture lobs against David Ehrenstein, but missed one thing: Breitbart's claim that Matthew Shepard "was killed by crazed meth addicts for drugs and money -- not because he was gay." As Roger Ailes points...
According to several of my students, today marks "Drink as Much Beer as Possible Day." Among the various alcohol-themed holidays, the legitimacy of this one appears to hover somewhere below.
A couple of Matt's commenters beat me to it, but I don't think it's really accurate to say that Thompson is taking a stand on "federalist" grounds. He's never met.