The Supreme Court today threw out the conviction of Arthur Andersen. It doesn't seem likely that this will have a major impact on other Enron convictions; indeed, it's possible that Andersen could still get convicted over a retrial. The unanimous decision threw out the conviction...
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While I can understand why my county has the reputation of being a cultural wasteland, it should be noted that right here in bucolic, provincial Astoria the brilliant young French.
Very interesting post by No More Mr. Nice Blog. I agree with this part:I know, I know -- "Hillary can't win." Except I've stopped believing that. As a lot of.
I would think that Frist making it clear that he will ignore the filibuster agreement would be case closed. Obviously, the Democrats really gain nothing. Some of the worst justices will be confirmed, a few Confederate judges will be replaced by a few other Confederate...
Kos is impressed by Jerome Armstrong's attempt to re-frame the abortion issue. But I don't get it:Stripping away the slogans will get people to pay attention to the debate over.
Oh, it's easy to brush off critics such Roger Ebert, says I--hell, the guy gave Cop and a Half three stars. But now I see that tasteful aesthete Roy Edroso.
Tim Lambert, limiting himself to what Arthur Chrenkoff purports to be "good news," explains the ongoing dismal failure to supply adequate electricity in Iraq.
As you all know, I am a connoisseur of right-Stalinist film criticism; some healthy fanboy seasoning, even better. So I was very happy to see Lance uncover the Revenge of.
An interesting question--if you could pick one part of the Constitution to get rid of, what would it be?I thought about saying ditching Article V; as I have argued before,.
This is about right. As near as I can figure, the GOP gets their worst nominees through, gives up nothing whatsoever (and, no, I don't count vague promises as "something"), and we don't get the nuclear option, which would at least allow the Dems to...
Roy Edroso notes that Glenn Reynolds linked to a review of a couple books about NASCAR that was, indeed, bad enough to be a cover story of the Times book.
I'm already behind on music memes I've been conscripted to do, but since it's shorter I'll do Lauren's, tagged by Roxanne. 1. What is the total volume of musical files.