Month: May 2013

How’s This For Analysis?

Okay, so Stu Rothenberg just downgraded the Democrats’ chances of winning the 2014 Senate races in Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Carolina, West Virginia, and South Dakota. Why? While national polls haven’t shown a...

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Wanker of the Day: Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf can be infuriating. He constructs an entire argument based on the premise that a) you can never totally eliminate damaging leaks of classified information, and b) that if you are too effective in limiting...

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Are Condemnations Necessary?

A British soldier was attacked and killed on the street in the Woolwich section of London. His assailants hit him with a car and then attacked him with a knife and a machete. Afterwards, they dragged the victim into the street...

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Well, That’s One (Insane) Interpretation

The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia is a real piece of work. He’s the first person I’ve seen argue that the three-fifth’s compromise in the Constitution was an anti-slavery provision....

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