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 for money. I somehow suspect that the university would not accept this logic if I failed...
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.
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 gay marriage issue in 2004 should probably be considered the paradigmatic example for how not to...
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.
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 the tale of Saint Ralph's meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus. For some reason, the CBC isn't entirely...
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 a "you can take the boy out of the Klan etc." issue. Anyway, that's it. They...
In the process of tepidly defending the indefensible, Rich Lowry gets something (mostly) right: Andrew Sullivan has been playing increasingly tendentious word games with the labels he applies to supporters and opponents.
In Slate today, more thoughts on Cosby's unfortunate recent remarks. Debra Dickerson doesn't really have all that much to say; this article meanders a fair bit but doesn't really seem to have.