shorter verbatim Our Lady of the Dolphins I: "What was needed was a definitive statement: As of this moment we will control our borders, I'm sending in the men, I'm giving this the attention I've given to the Mideast." [Amazingly, not my emphasis.]You know, even if...
As I've said before, the Republican Party will not repeal the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But what matters is not just that the statute remains on the books, but how.
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.
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 for the fact that I didn't have a blog when I was 22, much less 19....
...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.
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 power, already used for aircraft carriers and submarines, became economical for large amphibious ships when oil...
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.
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 front would fight for about 8 minutes, then move to the back of the line and...
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.