Matt Bai. The problem with bad analogies and meaningless catchphrases is that they can conceal the fact--apparently even from the author--that the underlying arguments are just utterly illogical on their face. To the extent that the workforce is becoming more insecure and workers have fewer benefits...
Shakes notes the latest emerging talking point, which will be to say that the Democrats approved of Bush's illegal searches, so nobody can complain. Like Shakes, I'm pretty dubious about.
Billmon on why the "Trust him! He's the President!" approach to evaluating the constitutionality of government actions now favored by conservertarians may be suboptimal.
It is, of course, not surprising to see the bullshit-libertarian blogosphere taking a dive for Bush's illegal searches (although some principled conservatives and actual libertarians are clear about what's going on.) The ultimate example has to be Jeff Goldstein, who argues that the warrantless searches must...
The South American dreadnought race of the 1910s began with the Brazilian order of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo from British yards. Not to be outdone, Argentina and Chile soon.
Ugh.I like Washburn a little bit more than most stat-heads; three of his last five years have been genuinely good, two have been mediocre. There are reasons to be concerned.
This really gets to the rub:There's only one way to scare the craven apologists in Category II: remind them of the very real possibility of a Hillary Clinton presidency in 2008 with unlimited powers against perceived terrorists, foreign and domestic. You mean you believed that all...
AG does some nice work on the Army's commitment to FCS, or Future Combat Systems. I remain ambivalent about FCS, much in the same way that I'm ambivalent about DD(X).
I am pleased.
Note the collected Alito posts in the right sidebar, below the ads.
So the state of Georgia passed an unconstitutional law forcing people to show an ID card purchased from the state in order to vote. Lest there be any question about.
We done went and got us some notice from the Gray Lady. I have a warm fuzzy feeling all over.I wonder if they noticed that the review in question is.