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Are we too litigious?
I hear frivolous lawsuits are clogging up the courts and “law suit abuse” makes it...
Nov 21st
Uh-oh.
Nov 17th
The population of Pakistani civil engineering grad students at the University of Illinios is split...
Nov 17th
Defining "America"
Complicated Shoes thinks I’m an “America-hating tool” because I listed indefinite detention without...
Nov 16th
How did a man that does not understand what it means to be...
— Complicated Shoes Dear...
Nov 15th
Matt Drudge, go choke on a beehive. Is this sort of thing...
Nov 15th
Here’s the same pumpkin after an hour in the oven. As...
Nov 15th
Pumpkin Soup inside a pumpkin.
Nov 15th
larkspur: Corn pudding inside a roasted acorn squash,...
Nov 15th
It’s un-American to hold anyone indefinitely without...
— Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) | TPMDC
Nov 14th
The Obama administration’s decision to bring alleged Sept....
— New York terrorist trial...
Nov 14th
Is private charity a substitute for...
Bellatoris thinks so. At least, he thinks it should be. And he properly recognizes a duty to care...
Nov 14th
I would ask you to name one conservative leader from the...
— Complicated Shoes Let me see...
Nov 14th
This is a very helpful political cartoon.
Nov 14th
Anti-intellectualism
Jeff Miller and Complicated Shoes have been discussing Joe the Plumber, Carrie Prejean, and Sarah...
Nov 14th
If we get into a cycle where there are tea parties and there...
— Newt Gingrich warns of...
Nov 14th
Faith and health care
bellatoris writes, My questions for Squashed (and others): 1) Are we to assume that health care...
Nov 14th
Luke 10
azspot: bellatoris: I find it interesting that the same people who argue for distinct separation...
Nov 13th
Official Says 9/11 Suspect to Face Trial in...
Nov 13th
Republican National Committee insurance plan...
Nov 13th
There’s a fine line between telling the person that hired...
— Crazy Nut Job: Defense...
Nov 12th
There’s talk that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are...
— Ayn Rand goes mainstream -...
Nov 12th
A Marine reservist was charged with attacking a Greek...
— Priest Mistaken for Terrorist...
Nov 11th
On universal healthcare's sustainability
Hilker and SDS posted a quote from Thomas Sowell that argued that Universal Health Care was, in...
Nov 11th
Watch
Jon Stewart does his Glen Beck impression.
Nov 10th
For those who might suggest [opposition to the Stupak-Pitts...
— Daily Kos: What’s Really...
Nov 10th
If we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals and...
— Thomas Sowell : The...
Nov 10th
OpenOffice.org has cross-bred a keyboard and a mouse and...
Nov 9th
Who exactly is Rep. Anh Cao, the Republican...
Nov 9th
The reason why the Democratic victory in New York’s 23rd is...
— Frank Rich - The Night They...
Nov 9th
The Stupak Amendment
As a recap for anybody not paying attention, two important things happened last night on the...
Nov 8th
catbus: This is a great cartoon.
Nov 8th
So one Republican representative voted for the bill. Would it be tasteless to start talking about...
Nov 8th
House passes historic health bill
Nov 8th
What Good Is a College Education?
Earlier today Mills quoted Charles Murray on the topic. “First, we will set up a single goal to...
Nov 8th
I am not a great outdoorsman.
— Congressman Barney Frank, who...
Nov 7th
What we know about eating animals is that we don’t want to...
— The New Yorker: Should you eat...
Nov 7th
After the shooting...
…comes the frenzied search for missed clues. Was he angry? Did he wear black? Had he lost a...
Nov 7th
Pandering to the perceived middle...
Many political strategists seem to think that a rough gubernatorial election in New Jersey will make...
Nov 7th
It’s almost laughable to think that heavy metal bands like...
— Liz Cheney, responding to...
Nov 7th
Socialism in action
Nov 7th
You think the healthcare bill is massive? You should have seen the large print version they sent the...
Nov 6th
Report: AARP To Endorse House Health Bill -...
Nov 5th
The Obama slide in New Jersey and...
In the 2008 election, Barack Obama won 57.27% of the votes in New Jersey. Yesterday, his approval...
Nov 5th
When asked in September whether he considered himself a...
— McDonnel Takes Virgina...
Nov 5th
On the list of places to go for election insight, Twitter...
Nov 4th
Connecting the dots on last night's...
A Democrat beats a Conservative in a traditionally Republican district in New York, due in part to...
Nov 4th
Iranians clash with police on hostage crisis...
Nov 4th
What NY-23 Means | Talking Points Memo
Nov 4th
Maine vote repeals gay marriage law
Nov 4th
Reading tonight's elections
So people will try to read the entrails of tonight’s elections and, however they come out,...
Nov 4th
November 3. Go vote.
You probably have an election. It’s probably not a nationally important one—but...
Nov 3rd
Our substitute aims at driving down quality costs.
— John Boehner on the...
Nov 3rd
The Wild Things Fur-covered Edition The Wild Things, based...
Nov 3rd
Pandora Judges Me
Seriously, what made it think that nostalgically asking to here music by They Might Be Giants meant...
Nov 2nd
[O]ne friend, upon hearing that I ‘joined’ AA, was aghast,...
— heaven spent: The New Atheists
Nov 2nd
The New Atheists
It seems there is a schism amongst Atheists. Most of the atheists I’ve known have been...
Nov 2nd
Limited resources
Regarding my opposition to allowing pet owners to deduct pet medical care from their taxes,...
Nov 1st
New York Republican DeDe Scozzafava Backs...
Nov 1st
American women already enjoy many options for gender and...
— - jgh, responding to...
Nov 1st
Mandates and Affordability - NYTimes...
Nov 1st
The media, which loves large narratives, seems pretty eager to spin the coming elections as a...
Nov 1st
Karzai Rival Says He Is Withdrawing From...
Nov 1st