Everybody got a kick out of Rand Paul’s filibuster last week. I noted that he actually made the case for what filibusters should be — and thus why filibuster reform is so important. Others focused on the his conspicuous defense of civil liberties. But something has been rattling around my head since that all went down. Was this too-seldom defense of civil liberties or a dog whistle appeal to the black helicopter crowd? Read More
Mr. Harry W. Stamps of Long Beach, Miss., died Saturday at age 80. I didn’t know the man. You probably didn’t either. But you’ll appreciate his obituary: Read More
As tech wealth explodes in Silicon Valley, the region’s poverty rate is spiking.
Of all the evidence of the decline of the American imperium, the outbreak of a fight among senators over prime office space is surely the best evidence.
A really nasty story of some of the price one female pundit is paying for getting into the debate about guns and rape. Really a must read.
This is awesome …
My favorite picture of the weekend. Happy husband is happy. twitter.com/AnneWheaton/st…
— Anne Wheaton (@AnneWheaton) March 3, 2013
By way of context, I found this tweet when I was looking into Patrick Stewart doing this.
First of all, how am I going to keep up on the all important Pope contract?
Sometime today, Intrade posted this message on their site saying they’re immediately shutting down all operations. Read More