It's really too bad that Andrew Sullivan is such a son of a bitch; he really does write well, and when he gets something right, he's outstanding. He has been taking not an ounce of crap from Reynolds, Kaus, and the rest of the crew that thinks...
This is a damn interesting website, if a bit gossipy and inconsistent. Remarkable that Carter's only health problem appears to have been pancreatic cancer, which is about the worst kind of.
I understand the impulse to be uncomfortable with Edwards and Kerry highlighting Mary Cheney’s sexual orientation. As discussed in comments to Scott’s post below, it stems from the notion that they.
I missed this last night: I don't know if anyone saw Wes Clark "interviewed" by Sean Hannity just now, but it almost came to blows. Riveting exchange as Clark called Bush a cheerleader and Hannity said Kerry was a war criminal. Hannity tried to say that Kerry...
If it weren't for Rob's constant reminders about the insipid Bird Dog at Tacitus, I probably would have stopped going over there at all. I was interested in tracking down.
In a story confirming the fact that Bush's invocation of Dred Scott was code for Roe v. Wade, Kevin Drum excerpts a remarkable statement made by one Rev. Louis Sheldon: When he.
No, but that's an all too common subject line in my sent mail file over the past couple of years. Erik at Alterdestiny has a nice takedown of David Brooks latest effort: First, Brooks makes the statement that the physical landscape influences our view of politics and the...
Strikes me as some significant news: In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Struck departed from his government’s resolve not to send troops to Iraq under any circumstances, saying: “At.
Academic security experts, that is. They have some, er, questions about the handling of the intervention in Iraq. Via Brad Delong comes this letter, signed by 698 scholars of international security..
RED SOX/YANKEES Any evaluation has to start with the fact that the BoSox outscored the Yankees by 50 runs, and allowed about 40 less. In other words, Boston is a significantly better team, and the Yankees' division win was a fluke. In addition, the Red Sox...
A great point here by Michael Berube. While I understand that acknowledging the deeply-felt moral sense of people who oppose some abortions procured by the wrong kind of pe...er, "pro-lifers" is.
Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged nails it. Really, the Times should have suggested that the book would have been better with another year or twenty of research. But, then, and op-ed page.