In addition to being funny, DeLong's anticipatory satire of Charles Krauthammer actually has a serious point: would Krauthammer, or any of the large number of conservative pundits who have endorsed the Yooian theory that the President's Article II powers trump all other legal limits on the...
I welcome Dave, the fan who introduced me to the show (and put the cool poster in our office) to append comments, but I must admit viewing this project with.
Light blogging as I ferry the visiting family around NYC (and, really, who's reading now anyway?), so happy Christ/ukah tomorrow to all of LGM's readers and critics!
Fred Kaplan has a good column on Pentagon budget priorities:Earlier this month, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England signed a directive declaring, "Stability operations are a core U.S. military mission. … They should be given priority comparable to combat operations" in all Defense Department activities, "including...
In one of the least surprising developments is history, an Alito memo in which he argued that Roe v. Wade should be overturned has been released:Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
One of the things about writing for one of the 10,000 most popular blogs on the intarweb is that--in addition to the predictable crates of panties, requests for autographs, marriage.
Around these parts you'll see very little positive press given to Christopher Hitchens, and for damn good reason. He can still write when he wants to, and can occasionally amuse. Granted, MSNBC/Scarborough mockery is like shooting fish in a barrel, but that doesn't mean mean we...
For a hockey fan, the Olympics can actually provide something useful: an equivalent to soccer's World Cup. The level of hockey in Salt Lake in 2002 was incredible, showing what.
Brad DeLong notes that the National Review now has an online archive, which is going to do some serious damage to the "conservatives have always been liberals" narrative favored by.
I share Matt's impression of King Kong. I enjoyed the film, but it was clearly a mess. Easily 45 minutes should have found its way onto the cutting room floor. People too often seem to think that directors have a perfect vision for their films, one...
A tale of horror and redemption from the Washington Post:When Linda Cerniglia went back to school, it took her almost seven years to get through all the prerequisites, the labs,.
According to the press conference being held now by the mediator, if I understand it correctly, the union leadership in the NYC transit strike will recommend a return to work.