Month: December 2014

The New Republic’s Proud History?

I don’t have a complicated relationship with The New Republic, so I don’t need to add a bunch of full disclosures to this piece. All I know is I had a subscription to the magazine that I let lapse sometime around...

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LEO Job Security

“We” make laws.  “We” hire LEOs to enforce those laws.  When that enforcement goes wrong, some people blame the victim for violating the law(s) and not passively accepting being cuffed, and some...

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“Here’s Are Three Balls”

Yes, that headline is correct. Erick Erickson is encouraging his readers to buy three balls on Amazon and mail them to one of John Boehner’s district offices in Ohio where his staffers will look at them and go,...

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Maria Cantwell Has Thick Skin

It’s awfully big of Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington to ask people to support Sen. Mary Landrieu in her runoff election when Landrieu is using Cantwell’s positions on energy issues as one of the main reasons why...

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Rams Players Receive Death Threats

Things not to do if you are a black member of the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League: Express solidarity with protests over the shooting of Michael Brown by coming onto the field before a game with your hands in the...

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