In the wake of a reference ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court, Parliament will almost certainly pass federal legislation allowing same-sex marriage. Evidently, the news that Canada has far more rational and progressive cultural policies than the United States ain't news. This development, however, is relevant to...
Chuckle. The description off the CNN website for tonight's Lou Dobbs Show: "Why doesn't the United States require immigrants to learn English? And how does that affect culture in the.
There was a time, I am told, when Christians opposed usury. . . There's something that's not clear from today's New York Times article about how payday loan sharks are ripping.
A few random thoughts continuing what Scott said below. First, everyone should read this Neiwart post at Ornicus. I have little to add to it. Yes, some people used faulty and dangerous reasoning to correctly oppose the Iraq war. But significant segments of Democratic party leadership used...
Atrios gets right to the heart of the "people with no power are ruining Democratic foreign policy" thesis: Let me add just one thing: Beinart's obsession is that it's the.
A remarkable story, as the Supreme Court confronts egregious lawlessness in the Fifth Cicuit, itself intended to cover up egregious lawlessness in Texas's administration of the death penalty: The two.
Seattle is one of three cities booked so far on the Slint reunion tour. I'm a bit of a sucker for reunion tours, especially for those bands that put out great stuff in the early 90's and then broke up. Even more especially those frequently credited with...
Michael Berube has a damn fine idea. While everyone in Blue America is now regretting Civil War, Berube would have us look at the Louisiana Purchase. And while everyone’s been.
Everyone's linking to this new blog started by Velleman, whose work I don't personally know, but who I know is a big name in philosophy. But the rest of the roster.
immediately below. The natural path for this to take is for us to start parsing Atrios' argument narrowly until we discover we all pretty much agree, and I'm not sure that's all that valuable, but....I read atrios a bit more generously than Rob. I took his...
As a follow-up to my comments below, this Matt Welch post bears extensive plag...er, quoting: Jeff Jarvis says "Michael Moore lost the election." Roger Simon adds that Kerry blew "an obvious.
I'm afraid I have to go with Matt and Kevin on this one. From Atrios: That's ridiculous. The issue with that war and any other war isn't simply whether it's "justifiable." And.