Ugh.What's frustrating is not only that this shallow, misogynist claptrap is filling up op-ed space at the Times, but that Dowd is often portrayed as a liberal and sometimes even as a feminist....or, to put it another way, the Times is the organization that fired Molly...
...that there is no way to reconcile liberal democracy with rulership by presidential decree. At best, you've got Carl Schmitt democracy, in which a leader by acclaim gets to rule.
I have a piece up at TAP on nuclear diplomacy and the Iranian nuclear program.
Norbiz on the hapless Joe Biden: "Is it a mitigating factor if he plagiarized that condescending compliment from a Mississippi housewife describing Nat King Cole in 1964?"
I understand why the Air Force is going to be stepping up patrols along the Iraq-Iran border. The USAF needs to be able to tell Congress that it's contributing in.
The South Dakota legislature is planning to reintroduce an abortion ban that (unlike the law overturned by initiative last year) includes exemptions for rape and incest. Jessica Valenti notes that.
Via Thers, I see that Paul J. Cella and Maximos--RedStaters who articulate Strom Thurmond's political views in prose that suggests that they think Josh Trevino could use a little more pomposity--have put forward a "reactionary catechism." Apparently, one central feature is that Jim Crow was a...
Jack Shafer has a terrific piece debunking the myth (recently seen in Newsweek) that Vietnam vets were routinely spit on:In researching the book, Lembcke found no news accounts or even.
Shorter TIDOS Yankee: "Should I be an irresponsible piece of shit? Allow me to present my case."Observe:I'm presenting working on what will likely be my last post on the Jamil.
Via a commenter chez Yglesias, a classic from August J. Pollack.
So about 20 people have already e-mailed this story to me. Now I know what happened to our power on Sunday:About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power after a bald.
When nerd worlds clash, hilarity ensues.