Great story by Kos about Nader's so-far failed attempt to get on the ballot in Arizona. 90% of his signatures have come from Republicans--no surprise there. The means by which he tried to get on the ballot speak volumes: The petition collectors were working for...
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Since this question was brought up in comments as well, I thought I'd add my two cents about Klein/Chafetz/Frank: 1)I haven't read Frank's book, but I have read the Harper's essay..
I've got no expectations one way or another on Thomas Frank's new book, What's the Matter With Kansas? It may be a rather vulgar Marxist oversimplification, or it may shed some.
Saturday's NYT op-eds make a interesting pairing. First, we have the always insightful and never insufferable David Brooks. His whinefest today is about how Kerry seems to be embracing what is traditionally understood as a realist approach to foreign policy, which is bad, because if the...
****: A Walk in the Clouds *** 1/2: Godfather Part III, Absolute Power ***: Godfather Part II, Tomb Raider II, Cop and a Half *: Blue Velvet Amazing, isn't it? I'm inclined to think The Godfather Part II.
The attempts to parse the comments of Administration officials to prove that they didn't technically lie are pointless, because of course the chief basis of the Administration's case was the.
It's not exactly news that Garfield is a commercial and critical bomb (and I thought Bill Murray was slumming when he did that elephant thing!) Apparently the film rights to Hi and Lois were too expensive. I can understand why a lot of terrible movies get made,...
A magnificent post by Belle Waring at Crooked Timber mocking the "ticking time bomb" scenario constantly used by torture/Bush Administration apologists. To state the obvious, 1)of course torture is morally.
With respect to my recent post on conservative vanity candidate Ralph Nader, some response to the many intelligent comments are in order. First, fine commentary from The Poor Man and Nathan Newman. In.
On Hardball last night, political grandstander, liberal media agitator and suspected socialist John Lehman suggested that part of the problem with our domestic air response was due to a "jihad against defense spending in the 1990's." Rob, you want to take a whack at this grapefruit? Oh,...
I've seen more expressions of anti-semitism from the European left than I would ideally like to see. Of course, I'd ideally like to see none, so that's not saying much..
It's difficult to find an issue so clear-cut that The Nation and eventheliberal New Republic agree, but both have great reviews of Sam Huntington's new book, People Who Aren't White Christians Will Destroy America..