Shorter Ann Althouse: As a feminist, I believe that publicly funded hospitals should be able to deny contraception to women almost as strongly as I believe that Sam Alito should be appointed to the Supreme Court to uphold every conceivable legal regulation (and criminalization) of...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Elton summarizes a pathetic pro-Lieberman Los Angeles Times editorial: "It would be a shame if Connecticut voters force a loyal Democrat like Joe Lieberman to run against his own party's.
Here, for the first time, in Baltimore, home of great TV dramas and crabs. Admittedly, July with the Orioles out of town is a far from optimal time to visit,.
It's about intimidation. (Note the request for the General's name; I can't imagine why he wouldn't comply!) At any rate, this kind of thing is why the libertarian position on civil rights won't work.By the way, in further news about the risible right-wing "Online Integrity"...
Nathan, Barbara and Lindsay make the case for Ulysses S. Grant as one of the greatest American Presidents. Particularly given my conviction that the ugly tradegy that was the dismantling.
fireworks parades Evidently, I can't say that either the 4th of July or Canada Day bring much excitement to my life...
Shorter Verbatim Tom Maguire: "I am not sure I grasp the news value of this Times piece describing the summer homes of Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld...I remain dubious of the timing." Yes, if there's anything that sets my alarm bells off, it's the Sunday...
How surprising! Samuel Alito--who in the public of his supporters mysteriously went from being a staunch reactionary to being a moderate liberals should happily support when he was nominated to.
Echidne and Amanda have already addressed Ana Marie Cox's airheaded non-review of Katha Pollit's new book. One of its many idiotic points was to claim that Pollit must be kidding.
Admittedly, this has long been obvious, but is there any better example of the depths to which the National Review has fallen than that it's willing to hire Mark Levin as its primary online legal analyst? And, of course, proponents of unreguable executive power pretty...
Wow, when I was just there the press and public were just savaging the French team; I'm guessing that's now inoperative. But between that and the Mets pummelling the Yanks,.
From Chris Clarke--The Love Song Of J. Edgar Goldstein, a loving tribute to a blogger who has done so much to bring civility and dignity to the blogosphere:And would I.