So, we have 4 teams for 3 AL slots...who's going to be the odd team out? More than anything, I'm hoping that the Tribe keep winning, partly because it would be nice to see Cleveland in the playoffs, but mostly because it would suck to...
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TBogg finds this gem from constitutional scholar Roger L. Simon, who claims that Russ Feingold demonstrated that he was a principled liberal by voting for John Roberts:On the other hand,.
Kay: "You can get to Jaret Wright in the first inning, but after that he settles down."Jaret Wright, ERA by inning (min 10 G):1st: 5.732nd: 2.453rd: 7.844th: 1.805th: 14.00Yep, you'd.
Ed Thibodeau makes an argument that is increasingly common among the pro-choice community: Roe v. Wade, he argues, "is a fig leaf that can easily be blown away by the winds of political fortune. If we really believe in abortion rights, let us stand up...
Especially in the South, the automatic equation of "Democratic" and "liberal" is utterly ludicrous.
Lauren finds this quote from Ruth Bader Ginsburg:Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience Wednesday that she doesn't like the idea of being the only female justice on the U.S. Supreme.
An interesting article on the great Leo Mazzone. The key to his approach can be summed up, I think, in one word--rationality. For example:Maddux There are no parachutes on your back, no cones to run around, no 10 different meetings talking about something that doesn't...
Shorter Mickey Kaus: The success of political parties is based entirely on their ability to implement objectively sound public policy and ignore the demands of narrow interest groups, which certainly.
Admittedly, I watched the first half while writing lectures/editing overdue papers, but tonight's Law & Order must have been the best episode in many, many years. The plot was fairly.
My vote for the most unintentionally funny thing to appear on the political wing of the internets* is FactChuck admonishing the opponents of Janice Rogers Brown for using her words to imply that, she did, in fact, believe that Social Security was the same as...
Um, I think that this ends any significant debate on the question of whether NARAL was right to endorse Lincoln Chafee. The guy rolls on the first Supreme Court vote.
As Pseudo-Adrienne, Amanda, and Jessica all point out, this NYT article about the experience of women getting abortions is very good. However, there is one argument it contains that drives.