Here's a dialogue between Tacitus and Steve Sailer. Sailer insists that racial inequality is based on biology, and Tacitus drops the hammer on him. More commentary from Orcinus. Maybe the NYT should hire Tac to replace both Brooks and Safire, thus leaving an open spot for Ehrenreich. . ....
Fred Kaplan at Slate discusses the Army's conclusions about the first stages of the Iraq II. From a very cursory glance, seems pretty accurate to me. We have all seemed to forget that the.
World O' Crap has been analyzing Family Circus cartoons as a running gag. Check this out.
Add me to the draft Ehrenreich campaign. This is one damn fine column. With the Repubs starting to fire up their "class warfare" crap against Edwards, it's important to remember who is actually waging class war in this country. As for who to jettison, not really much of a...
Slow day at LGM, no posts attacking Ralph Nader or warning of Iranian nukes. I wonder if there's a way we could solve both of those problems at once. ..
It's always nice to see smart people say something I've been saying for years. First, Jacob Levy. A solid lifelong tried-and-true libertarian (something I've always wondered how he might square.
From Juan Cole: One of the scandals that has been reported but hasn't really broken yet is the way in which Halliburton gained contracts to provide services to US troops in an emergency but has been unable actually to provide those services. The summer of 2003 was...
Apparently, all intelligence failures related to the Iraq War are the fault of the CIA. Never mind that the neocons set up an independent intelligence operation in the Pentagon because the.
While I generally have more discipline than Rob and Scott about this sort of thing, I had to take a peek and see how our old friend Mickey Kaus was.
As Scott noted, if the GOP wants to use the evil trial lawyer theme, I say bring it on. Let's actually look at what Edwards did as a trial lawyer, and see what people think. Or, let's play the trial lawyer vs. oil executive--who's more popular?...
Alright, my own votes in the Terry Teachout quiz: 1. Kelly or Astaire? Kelly 2. Gatsby or SOR? Gatsby 3. Basie or Ellington? Duke 4. Cats or Dogs? Pass 5. Matisse or.
Always nice to see Rupert Murdoch enterprises look stupid. Actually, they almost always looks stupid if you're paying attention, so I guess I mean it's nice to see them fuck up.