Last year, the 6th Circuit held that Ohio's investment tax credit--which offers corporations a 13.5% credit against the state franchise tax--violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. 6CA cited a number of prominent Supreme Court precedents, most notably Westinghouse v. Tully, which held that a New...
On the event of wishing Ezra Klein a belated 22nd birthday, let me sink to my knees and abase myself before any deity or deities that may exist in thanks.
...renewed.
Is the FBI's spying authorized by the Patriot Act? Nope--it's illegal. I agree with Roy; when it comes it Israeli imports I say we feed women, not xenophobia. Although this diet would be going a little too far. (Jeez, and they didn't even take the burger...
Again from Defense News:With the cost of oil near $75 a barrel and rising, nuclear propulsion is now cheaper than oil for some of the Navy's larger ships, Bartlett said.Nuclear.
Really interesting article in Defense News (sadly, subscription required) about Iranian and US naval plans in case of war. The Iranians seem to be gaming a guerilla at sea approach,.
It's true, of course, that Yglesias and Chait are both right. But both leave out my favorite part about "small government" supply-siders. Here, remember, are their premises: government should be smaller and less intrusive cuts to marginal tax rate produce more revenues Therefore, the desirable policy...
Insty links, in characteristically laconic style, to this comment:The Roman Legion was organized to fight in lines, averaging maybe 6 to 8 men deep. In battle the man at the.
Tomorrow I'll have a thoughtful post about the spurious use of "religious freedom" to defend bigotry and inequality. In the meantime, how about some bare contempt for people who must.
I've been making risotto lately by slavishly following some of the recipes in this book, which is a marvelous compendium of simple italian cooking (I particularly recommend the unexpected and weird but delicious strawberry risotto). Now that I'm a bit more experienced and confident with risotto,...
Jonathan Korman has a wonderful post on Michael Moore. He also has a great discussion of precisely why Out of Sight is so much better of a film than Magnolia..
Read Rodger and Matt on the absurdity of including Libya, a country with long-standing and substantial ties to terrorism, as a friend in the War on Terror, and considering Venezuela,.