BTD asserts: The second problem with this question is Bowers not imagining what a GOP President and GOP Congress would have achieved with the elimination of the filibuster. You thought the actual Bush tax cuts were bad? They would be TWICE as bad without the...
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As if to illustrate the point made recently by Jon Chait, Doug Mataconis hauls some of the hoariest defenses of the electoral college out of the mothballs: Without it, Presidential.
This is my last post on Wikileaks for a bit because I'll be on the road with my son for a few days. So far, I've been making the case.
John Kyl.
I don't have enough knowledge about the contents of the Afghan War Diaries to engage in informed commentary about their contents, so what I'm saying here is more a way.
As I noted earlier, I decided to teach an episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender in my "American Manga" class even though only half that title applies. (It's technically "American.
Last Monday, Julian Assange told reporters in London that the Afghan War Diaries reveal war crimes in Afghanistan, and reiterated this statement on Democracy Now! midweek. The claim has been widely reported and is being reported as fact by some sources. This installment in my...
Maury Chaykin, R.I.P. He was a fine actor, and I was especially fond of him as the careless, vaguely ethical bookie in Owning Mahowny. And, also, Ben Keith R.I.P. Although.
Yes, as I think I've said before I'd have to say that this passage is pretty much definitive Rand. As it happens, I've been reading Jennifer Burns's very good Rand-and-the-right.
Sir Charles on the midterm elections:There really isn't adequate space to address the extraordinary drop in American prestige that accompanied a war of aggression fought for bogus reasons, the use of torture as official U.S. policy, massive increases in poverty and inequality, and the world-wide economic collapse...
Shorter Col. Mustard: "Religious freedom, pluralism, and equality might be important American values, but if they might cause Osama bin Laden to say something snarky on a videotape, out the.
So the National League tried to help out the poor defenseless Yankees before the season by trading them a quality starter for a marginal fifth outfielder, but so far it's.