The problem with the wingnut math put forward by the likes of Tinsley is that between running the IRS, foreign aid, grants to Robert Mapplethorpe and buying Cadillacs for welfare mothers they generally account for about 250% of the budget. (via Atrios.)At least your slightly...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Treason in Defense of Slavery Yankee and Captain Ed edition. (See also Mahablog.) This reminds me of one of my favorite techniques of warblogger hackery--use conflicts between the administration and.
Like Matt, I can't recommend this article highly enough. The defense of soaring executive pay in comparison with virtually stagnant wages otherwise involves claims that this is merely the rational.
In comments to the Brooks thread below, my colleague reminds us of the very pinnacle of Boboian hackery: his defense of Bush's casually ambitious scheme to utterly transform Iraqi state and society via a (purportedly brief and inexpensive) military occupation by appealing to...Michael Oakeshott. It's...
I can't believe I missed it before, but the Colbert interview of Harvey C. Mansfield is indeed a classic. (Click on "Colbert Report videos" at the bottom of the page.
In a terrific excellent post about the vagaries of the post-season (although I say we bring back the old Lords of the Realm division names! The Snorris will rise again!.
As a follow-up, Publius notes the telling contrast between Patrick Fitzgerald and the Clinton era's Official Pervo Inquisitor:The latest revelations apparently came from Libby's testimony in 2003, well before the election. Assuming the testimony had been about Clinton, what do you think the chances are...
Shorter Bobo: Since rape wasn't actually invented until 1970, gang rapes today must be the result of the decline of patriarchal frippery. And, really, committing moral suicide by having non-marital.
This is, alas, not from a pessimistic feminist sci-fi novel:In this new movement toward criminalization, El Salvador is in the vanguard. The array of exceptions that tend to exist even.
Kevin Drum explains the reason the immigration bill failed: Frist was obviously reneging on an agreement to stop House goons from stripping anything decent out of compromise legislation in committee. And while I don't entirely agree with her optimistic analogies to 1994, I do think...
But it's certainly enough to scare me, at any rate...
Ampersand's post about the ineffectiveness of diets has generated a lot of discussion. Another responder is Jane Galt, who in addition to some sensible points about the non-immutability of weight.