Bill Kristol's got his first column up in the Times today. And he comes out swinging. His column's main point: Huckabee might be the best nominee the GOP has to offer. It's a doozy. Here's a preview of his twisted world-view:But gratitude for sparing us...
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December 7, 1863. Via Alterdestiny.
[Sorry to disappear for two days, kids. Was out of town surprising a friend who is getting married and who was in the states from Europe, where she lives. Am.
Counterintuitive news of the day: when fathers pay child support payments ostensibly to their poverty-stricken ex-partners and children, they're only helping deepen the women's poverty.How? Well, in many states the child support payments made to women on welfare go directly to the state and federal...
People are talking about Stephanie Coontz's NY Times Opinion column today, in which she advocates that we take back marriage from the control of the states. Here's the nub of.
It's no surprise at this point to learn that the prison door is revolving. Recent studies show that up to 2/3 of those recently released from prisons are rearrested within.
Mark Halperin, trying to fill column space while saying nothing at all:Case in point: Our two most recent presidents, both of whom I covered while they were governors seeking the White House. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are wildly talented politicians. Both claimed two...
Will Okun, the Chicago school teacher who accompanied enlightened Nick [not Bill] Kristof on a trip to Africa earlier this year and got to blog about, misses badly with today's.
For years, proponents of the death penalty have argued that it acts as a deterrent. This claim has been damn tough to prove, probably because it's wrong. What's ironic, though,.