One of the worst laws of the late 19th century was the 1887 Dawes Act. Allowing the government to gut the Indian reservations by providing small allotments to individual Native Americans and selling the rest of the land to the highest bidder was part of...
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I have some reflections on the belated passage of same-sex marriage legislation in New York. The two most important are that 1)the belief that achieving policy victories through legislation will.
To write stuff like this. As a student of the past, the learned professor is no doubt well aware that every ruling class has needed its toadies and flatterers, its.
John Wayne, John Wayne Gacy, what's really the difference? Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has a thing for John Wayne. In an interview yesterday with Newsmax, she said she wants to live in “John Wayne’s America.” And in the Iowa town of Waterloo today, where she...
I basically endorse Adam's take on today's other big decision, in which the Supreme Court struck down a California law restricting the commercial availability of violent video games to minors..
Shorter Supreme Court Republicans: Allowing more people access to the political process without preventing other people from spending their money if they choose violates the First Amendment. Plutocrats and their.
I have a column for the Prospect arguing that Scalia's evaluation of the discrimination claims in Wal-Mart v. Dukes is part of a long-running conservative con: The problem with ignoring statistical evidence is that doing so produces far too many false negatives: Even in historical...
Embarrassing. However, at least Douthat is honest here. Anti-abortion crusaders are rarely about the children and often about the encasing of women into idealized and repressive gender roles. Everyone loves.
Plumer is right here.
Shorter Verbatim William C. Duncan: "What remains to be seen now is whether the people of New York will look kindly on the legislators who ignored them, listening instead to the Hollywood stars and other glitterati who became lobbyists for this fashionable cause." The thing...
Looks like the vote will finally pass. Outstanding! At lease one member has unexpectedly switched to a "yes"; once the logjam has been broken you'd think some GOP members would.
No one will believe me, of course, but just this morning I was thinking, "I wonder what's new in the world of cocaine." Okay then:Cocaine cut with the veterinary drug.