I don't follow the ins and outs of DOJ behavior anywhere near as closely as Matthew Yglesias probably does, so for all I know there's merit to his highly qualified defense of Ashcroft. This, however, is highly unpersuasive: On the "values issues" Ashcroft has substantive views that...
Rebel Fighters Who Fled Attack May Now Be Active Elsewhere Hmm. Really? Are you suggesting the insurgents may retreat in the face of an overwhelming conventional assault mounted by a.
If this turns out to be a serious deal with a real impact, it's the best news I've heard in a quite some time. Furthermore, it would indicate a major.
Atrios is surprised that religious conservatives may not get Arlen Specter's head on a pointed stick after all. I think TAPPED's accounts are indeed persuasive. Does this mean that people like Michael Totten are right, that movement conservatives are just a paper tiger? I don't think...
It's been a tough battle, with too many entries to count. But I can finally award the prize for the silliest, most poorly substantiated, and phoned-in recitation of the "Democrats.
This looks relatively promising: TAKING THE RED-BAIT: George Clooney will direct and star in Goodnight and Good Luck, a feature about news anchor Edward R. Murrow's on-air confrontations with Senator.
Absolutely magnificent Howler on the subject of whether the Democrats lose because their candidates routinely sneer at middle American values: Why did this reader vote for Bush? He says the Democratic Party has “belittled his beliefs, dismissing them out of hand,” and has “addressed him publicly as...
I think Paul Krugman tried to warn us about this. Yikes. The dollar could slide still further, in spite of hitting an all-time low against the euro last week in the.
Several colleagues have expressed skepticism at my post-election claim that were Bush to appoint a Justice from within to fill the CJ vacancy that will almost certainly be left before.
Matt Yglesias asks a good question: My friends in the choice movement keep assuring me that the pro-choice position is overwhelmingly popular, and that it's overwhelmingly important that the Senate Democrats not permit an anti-Roe majority on the Supreme Court. Those propositions can't both be correct, though,...
From Kos, we learn that the trend here in Washington of the Democrats picking up seats in the state houses is happening around the country. It's happy news, to be sure,.
The Poor Man is--for good reason--one of my favorite blogs, so I was hoping that this post was just a Swiftian joke, but apparently it's not. Lindsay Beyerstein does a good job.