It’s pretty rare in presidential politics that a guy who is known more for his bullying of voters and teachers than for any particular achievements while Governor of a small state has much of a chance winning the primaries, much less the general election. Nonetheless, Gov. Christie of New Jersey has persuaded himself that he’s …
He’d just as soon kill inmates as see ’em, apparently. Our decisions in this area have been animated in part by the recognition that because it is settled that capital punishment is constitutional, “[i]t necessarily follows that there must be a constitutional means of carrying it out.” [.pdf] And because some risk of pain is …
I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that the Troika of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF really want to force Greece’s government out of office. Paul Krugman seemingly thinks along the same lines: he notes that the troika has issued yet another ultimatum to Greece and its Prime Minister, and …
The good guys were on a roll at the Supreme Court this week. First off they got a 6-3 decision that Obamacare’s exchanges are legitimate, then they got a 5-4 decision that housing discrimination claims can be based on the effect of a particular law or practice (or regulation, I imagine) whether discrimination was clearly …
If you have already had one child out of wedlock and have been paid a substantial salary to campaign for abstinence, finding yourself pregnant should be mildly crushing, wouldn’t you think? And when the news got out you’d likely be a little embarrassed, right? But if the news breaks on the same day that the …
I never could figure out why these guys didn’t hit it bigger than they did. They had a unique sound, good songwriters, and a marvelous stage presence. For a while in the 1970s you couldn’t go to a wedding without hearing “Never My Love” or “Cherish”. Here’s an odd fact from Wikipedia: “Never My Love” …
Shout out to the people outraged that the president said "nigger" once but don't care about the countless times he's been called it since 08 — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 22, 2015
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Roof’s belief that black life had no purpose beyond subjugation is “sick and twisted” [as South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley said today] in the exact same manner as the beliefs of those who created the Confederate flag were “sick and twisted.” The Confederate flag is directly tied to the Confederate cause, and the …
This was 1951. We were en route from Sunnyvale, CA to Dad’s next duty station in Charleston, SC. I was not yet one year old and Dad was 25. We stopped in Springfield, IL to see the only home Abraham Lincoln ever owned. He lived there from 1844 to 1861.
Yes, the motive was race hatred. Yes, the prevailing atmosphere in South Carolina as epitomized by the Confederate Battle Flag situated in a place of honor on the Statehouse grounds and by the celebration of Confederate Memorial Day is one that validates segregation of the races. No, Fox News, this was not part of a …