Ugh, now I remember why I avoid reading Dowd. Rob, I understand your animus towards Friedman, but Dowd must go first. Could you write a more vapid, gossipy, content-free 800 words than this to win a bet? If I might attempt to offer a summary: Teresa Heinz Kerry...
Here's a dialogue between Tacitus and Steve Sailer. Sailer insists that racial inequality is based on biology, and Tacitus drops the hammer on him. More commentary from Orcinus. Maybe the NYT should hire.
Fred Kaplan at Slate discusses the Army's conclusions about the first stages of the Iraq II. From a very cursory glance, seems pretty accurate to me. We have all seemed to forget that the.
World O' Crap has been analyzing Family Circus cartoons as a running gag. Check this out.
Add me to the draft Ehrenreich campaign. This is one damn fine column. With the Repubs starting to fire up their "class warfare" crap against Edwards, it's important to remember who is actually.
Slow day at LGM, no posts attacking Ralph Nader or warning of Iranian nukes. I wonder if there's a way we could solve both of those problems at once. ..
It's always nice to see smart people say something I've been saying for years. First, Jacob Levy. A solid lifelong tried-and-true libertarian (something I've always wondered how he might square with his decidedly undogmatic views on multiculturalism and the possibility of group rights, which are far closer...
From Juan Cole: One of the scandals that has been reported but hasn't really broken yet is the way in which Halliburton gained contracts to provide services to US troops in.
Apparently, all intelligence failures related to the Iraq War are the fault of the CIA. Never mind that the neocons set up an independent intelligence operation in the Pentagon because the.
While I generally have more discipline than Rob and Scott about this sort of thing, I had to take a peek and see how our old friend Mickey Kaus was spinning/coping with the Edwards pick. Well, he hasn't weighed in yet, but I was treated to...
As Scott noted, if the GOP wants to use the evil trial lawyer theme, I say bring it on. Let's actually look at what Edwards did as a trial lawyer,.
Alright, my own votes in the Terry Teachout quiz: 1. Kelly or Astaire? Kelly 2. Gatsby or SOR? Gatsby 3. Basie or Ellington? Duke 4. Cats or Dogs? Pass 5. Matisse or.