Today he treats us to a meandering, obvious article about the vacuity of all the 'values' discourse eminating from the Kerry-Edwards campaign. He notes with with some sadness that that aristocratic bluebloods like Kerry feel compelled to pretend to be like the rest of us (oh,...
I'd like to thank that venerable franchise, the Cleveland Indians, for two things. First, a display of power hitting the likes of which I've never seen, and may never see again,.
The NLRB decided today, in a 3-2, straight party-line vote, to claim that since graduate students are students, they are therefore not employees, even if they perform labor services in exchange.
Lesson #1: Frequently preface your comments with random non-sequitors meant to imply some sort of contradiction or inconsistency in the candidates position. Logic or plausibility not necessary. While this can apply to anyone, make a special effort to apply it to Democratic presidential candidates. While the...
A few stats from John Olerud's days as a Seattle Mariner: 2nd highest career OBP in Mariners history, which is no small feat considering he played in Safeco, rather than.
Because maybe the Republicans will think a little bit harder the next time they're tempted to deploy bigotry as a wedge issue. On that subject, the Bush administration's handling of the.
This is an anonymous source, so we can't draw too much from this, but I'm hoping this'll start a trend of FNC whistleblowers. And the emailer is exactly right that as appalling as Bill O'Reilly's show is, he's not the main problem at Fox News. Their allegedly...
Fox is reporting a plan by Florida law enforcement authorities to recruit exterminators and cable repairmen to report on suspicious activities in the homes that they visit. Supposed to catch terrorists..
This interview, which will be much blogged about--although I can't see anyone topping Jesse Taylor, so I won't try. But, really, it's worth the free ad. Perhaps better, though, is.
I've always admired Le Marseillaise as the finest of national anthems, but I don't believe I ever knew quite how bloodthirsty it was. Here a link to the lyrics, via Matt Yglesias.
This quote makes the rounds every couple of months. It's hardly a new discovery, but we probably should make posting it a regular feature as long as W is president: Trying to.
In the cloture vote today, only 3 Dems crossed: Zig-zag Zell and Nelson, definitive "nominal Democrats," and Robert Byrd. With Byrd, I'm not sure if it's some obscure constitutional principle or.