Month: June 2008

Is your whiteness showing?

Actually, my title isn’t precisely accurate. But, bear with me a minute, because though the majority decision in BOUMEDIENE v. BUSH to allow Gitmo detainees the right to challenge their detentions in the federal courts...

Wishing for ponies is so last year. What are you doing this weekend?

It’s on the front of the NYT’s right now, but no details yet. He was 58 years old. Update [2008-6-13 15:52:39 by BooMan]: From wiki: Early reports state that Russert died of an apparent heart attack while recording a...

Expanding on my earlier piece, The New Southern Populism, one sign of a realignment is that one party starts winning elections in places where it is not supposed to win elections. Another sign is that candidates emerge that...