Interesting discussion over at Crooked Timber regarding this story from the Chronicle of Higher Education (thank you, Cathy, for the subscription, although I haven't actually had the opportunity to read any of.
I don't think most people understand just how colossally the Bush administration has fucked up the North Korea situation. The media story suggests that is has been an intractable problem.
I lied earlier--Charles Pierce's comments at Altercation are highly necessary: I've made peace with the fact that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court once served the cause of white supremacy.
This morning, Glenn Reynolds had seven spontaneous involuntary orgasms. Of course, the story tells us nothing new, as the contacts involved seem just about what the 9/11 Commission has suggested. Let's.
Atrios's instincts are right on all counts--Scalia is correct, and that is scary. To provide the background, the decision today in Blakeley is an extension of the Court's 2000 decision Apprendi v. New.
For no particular reason, I'm taking the Beltran to Houston deal pretty hard.
Gadflyer on Hitch on Moore. Getting through Hitchens can be a trial, but it's worth it for the Gadflyer commentary. Going to see F-911 early tomorrow afternoon, will relate impressions, as I'm.
Another interesting post by Cass Sunstein, guest-blogging at Volokh. I think his insight is correct and very useful. It becomes particularly clear if you look at a constitutional system like Britain,.
- The Leader Principle
- Musk and Trump are stopping the distribution of live-saving aid and firing anybody who tells the public about it
- Ilya Shapiro and Josh Blackman defend the rule of law
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,820
- Red state legislators upset that their constituents’ faces are being eaten
- The mainstream press should boycott Trump’s free form fascism explorations until the AP’s access is restored
- In Munich
- Bove finds his Bork
- Authoritarian clown show
- Trump and competitive authoritarianism