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Group blogs suck
Josh Marshall’s announcement that he’s starting a group blog with a bunch of high-profile contributors made me realize something: I hate most group blogs. So I have to say I’m not hopeful that this one will be any good. The problem is that most group blogs are either chaotic and choppy due to too many
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The hysteria of the anti-judicial backlash
Ruth Marcus nails a point I neglected in my post yesterday: What’s perhaps most astonishing is that this anger is being directed at a federal judiciary in general, and a Supreme Court in particular, that is far more conservative than the liberal bench that once provoked similar complaints. Consider the distance traveled: What started as
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A good puzzle: Movie theater pricing
Here’s a question Mike Munger offered in class recently: why do movie tickets cost the same for every movie when some are vastly more popular than others? The prices of plane tickets, hotels and other services are adjusted based on demand, so why not movies? We came up with a couple of possible answers. First,
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The clawback part 2: Bush’s stealth tax increase
It doesn’t seem like anyone in the blogosphere noticed
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Ari Fleischer’s book bombs
Like its author, Ari Fleischer’s Taking Heat has been condemned for being simultaneously dishonest and stupefyingly boring. So I’m heartened to see that it’s getting the rejection it so richly deserves. Let us rejoice this once in the good taste of the American people: GETTING ICE-COLD? Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer received a
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Dangerous attacks on the separation of powers
Attacks on the judiciary are turning ugly. In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a number of prominent conservatives advocate lawless disregard for judicial rulings, attack the rule of law as “judicial tyranny,” and call for the mass impeachment of judges Senator John Cornyn of Texas went so far as to excuse violent attacks against
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Bill Frist in 2008: huh?
From the Nyhan mailbag: a fundraising letter for Bill Frist’s leadership PAC. I guess he’s running for president. I don’t know who thinks this guy can overcome the strikes against him: 1) He killed stray cats 2) He looks like a guy who would kill stray cats (or a mortician) 3) He’s a terribly stiff
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Bill Sammon is a hack
From his story in the Washington Times on President Bush supposedly soliciting advice from Bill Clinton: The president also praised one of Mr. Clinton’s domestic policies — trying to reform Social Security. Both men have proposed personal savings accounts as part of the solution, an idea that is vociferously opposed by congressional Democrats. As Ron
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The campaign of the Pirate Captain
In a comment on my post about the Duke student government elections, Ken Waight of Lying in Ponds points us to a hilarious story about the leading candidate for NC State student body president — the Pirate Captain. I have to quote this one at length — it reads like a story from the Onion:
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The anti-middle school movement
Amen! Educators are realizing that middle school is a bad idea (link requires WSJ subscription): One of the longstanding rites of passage in American childhood is on the wane: middle school. That traditional precursor to high school that usually encompasses grades six through eight can be an exciting and challenging transition for preteen kids. But