I've made the from the left pro-draft arguments on numerous occasions in the last year or so. Mostly, I've done it with students, especially in my Intro to Poli Sci for Art students class. Pedagogically, it's great: it disrupts the continuity of their thinking, and exposes...
According to Prof. Reynolds: WHILE I WENT OUT TO GET FROZEN YOGURT, the InstaWife watched CBS news. She pronounced it "one long commercial for the Democrats." Needless to say, no examples.
I differ somewhat from Scott on the question of the draft. The draft does have a couple of positive aspects that he doesn't mention, but that I think are important..
Alessandra Stanley has an odd piece in the New York Times about the recent spate of "women behaving badly" shows, which she claims are demeaning to women. I haven't seen the shows in question, and given the description I'm persuaded that they're bad television. Parts of her...
Among Katha Pollitt's many enviable talents is the ability to cut to the heart of an issue by saying something that by all rights should be banal, but is often.
Via Atrios, a link to the Heritage Foundation page on missile defense. As Atrios cogently points out, Talking Points and Recommendations have full, and Facts and Figures is empty. This is.
Via Crooked Timber I learn of a plagiarist suing a university for not explaining to him that plagiarism is wrong. His defense seems to be that since he wasn't caught early in his illustrious career as a plagiarist, the university was negligent. It's rather instructive to think...
Via Digby, we find Rep. Tom Davis (R, VA) indulging in demographic fantasies: If you take out the Indian reservation, we would have won," said Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), former chairman.
Kevin Drum with an excellent post on Oil. Upshot: Prices are going up. Fluctuations aside, they're not going back down. Depending on who you ask, production has peaked in the last.
Now that's a game. Why this country prefers the dreary postseason of the NBA is beyond me. I'm also grateful to Sports Illustrated for confidently declaring that a Tampa Bay victory was inevitable, hence guaranteeing victory for the forces of justice and truth. To make things slightly...
Not entirely, but it looks like the Army presence there will be sharply reduced. Frankly, this is a bit overdue. There's no real compelling need to keep even skeletal forces in.
Matt Duss noted some creepy White House rhetoric.