Corey Robin has more, and it's crucial reading: Like many critics of state coercion in America, Wolf seems to assume that political repression requires or entails national coordination and centralized direction from the feds. But as I argued in this piece in the Boston Review...
Author: Scott Lemieux
...apparently not running again. He will be missed. He's the only prominent political figure I've ever had an actual conversation with, and he was just as whip-smart as you would.
A Ross Douthat column I agree with almost entirely. In particular, I agree that JFK deserves far more of the blame for Vietnam than he usually gets, and I don't.
Naomi Wolf has another conspiracy theory she wishes you to consider: In other words, for the DHS to be on a call with mayors, the logic of its chain of command and accountability implies that congressional overseers, with the blessing of the White House, told...
Not that Christmas songs done jukebox-musical style for those who find American Idol a little too edgy sounds promising in any case, but this has the potential to be a.
Unfathomably terrible news for longtime friend of LGM James Joyner. Sincerest consolations to James and his family.
Again, I can't really blame the campaign journalists for pretending that the GOP nomination race is still a going concern, but for anyone tempted to think that the Union Leader's endorsement of man who isn't running for president Newt Gingrich is a big deal, let's...
Shorter Verbatim Ann Althouse: "Moody doesn't entertain the notion that OWS might be fascist. He blithely links Miller and fascism to the conservative side of the political spectrum." And Althouse.
The answer is, in fact, perfectly obvious: But none of the principals involved here are corporate lawyers. None of them has any ethical duty of confidentiality toward Penn State and.
Clearly, the increasing price of turkey is all the more reason to heed the sage advice of Calvin Trillin.
Whenever you hear a pundit use this word, you can safely tune out, as it's an even bigger bullshit dump than "leadership" or "bully pulpit." The rest of the column,.
Apparently the fantasy never dies...