It's amazing to think that just one month ago the Mets seemed to have one of the best bullpens in the league...
Ben Nelson (DINO-Nebraska) signals that he will, of course, defect to Republican position, allowing Hans von Spakovsky to get to the full Senate. Of course, maybe the full Senate will.
I think that Dan Drezner's effort at refuting Rick Perlstein's Khruschev-Ahmadinejad comparison is quite weak. Dan is correct to point out the dangers of historical analogy, but I find the.
MoDo demonstrates that using fake Reagan nostalgia to critique George W. Bush is just as absurd as using fake Truman nostalgia to scold the Democrats. Here she is, in medias gibberish:The Soviet Union’s stated policy for 70 years was the total eradication of American capitalism and...
The great Dahlia Lithwick explains why Democrats should not vote for Hans von Spakovsky, just as he would prefer that they not vote for anything else:Von Spakovsky currently sits on.
Matt and Ezra cite this wonderful Rick Perlstein post, with Ezra adding the following:Remember here that the Soviet Union wasn't just a mean country. It was the epicenter of an.
I've been remiss in not writing about the Jena 6. There are excuses but I am not offering them. Just going to jump right in. Reed Walters, the District Attorney who has led the prosecution against the Jena 6 (more here and here), defends himself in...
The man is unbelievable. Now if they can get him home from second......Ack. Damn false hope.
Mr Shandy asks an important question: now that The Left is no longer blogging, can its presence in the blogospehere ever be regained? Alas, until Ward Churchill starts blogging, I'm.
It's a busy teaching day, but I thought I'd let everyone know that I just dropped by the cafeteria for a quick bite, and no one was screaming "Motherfucker, I want more ice tea!"That includes yours truly, which -- for those who haven't seen me around...
Chris Bertram at CT is asking for suggestions regarding a constant and difficult problem for those of us who teach undergraduates for a living. There's obviously no one silver bullet.
I'm not really sure I understand the distinction that Matt is trying to draw here. As always when questions of motivations rather than actions come up, I think we have.