Living Up to Our Constitution – Part I
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Rhode Island's Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was the keynote speaker at the recent
Brennan Center for Justice's Second Annual "Living Constitution" event. This
i...
Things I Am Neither Thankful For Nor Disappointed By
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Both Kevin Drum and Andrew Sullivan say they think most people are too hard
on Obama, but express disappointment at his record on civil liberties
issues. I...
RJ Eskow: Phantom America, Thanks For Nothing!
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The heart that struggles with disappointment and sadness believes too easily that hope is a lie, a fraud, another hustler's pitch to the next sucker walking ...
Thanksgiving
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Happy Thanksgiving, and many, many thanks to all the readers, emailers, and
colleagues who have kept this blog so fun to write, and -- I hope -- to
Henry Cavill Shows Some Skin
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Henry Cavill shows some intensity in a new still from the Joel Schumacher
film Blood Creek, being dumped to DVD in January. One more shot, AFTER THE
JUMP...
A Gay (African American) Thanksgiving
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I was trying to come up with an appropriate post for Thanksgiving, and just
so happened to preview the post John was writing about African Americans,
Obama...
Another Helping of FDR Please
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President Obama has produced a credible, if not exactly inspired Thanksgiving
Proclamation.
Most of the statement relies on the usual boilerplate langua...
The Case for Climate Futures Markets, Ctd.
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Matt Yglesias is skeptical of an idea that I adulterated from Robin Hanson:
a robust system of climate change predictions markets.
This idea has some merit...
Happy Hour Roundup — Thanksgiving Edition
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Because it’s never too early for happy hour on the Wednesday before
Thanksgiving… * The President should savor his turkey dinner, because when
you step bac...