Saturday, December 31, 2011

Filibuster ≠ nullification

›
I've got to strongly disagree with Kevin Drum on this one. Drum says that minority obstruction powers in the U.S. Senate, allowing one ...
8 comments:

Yippee ki yay, Momofuku

›
I'm currently attempting to make the Corn Flake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies from the Momofuku Milk Bar's cookbook . I have to...
7 comments:
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Six days from Iowa -- stuff to know

›
I'm teaching a class on party nominations that conveniently starts the same day as the Iowa Caucuses and ends the week of Super Tuesd...
8 comments:
Monday, December 26, 2011

The party, deciding: Virginia edition

›
Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich have failed to qualify for Virginia's Republican presidential primary. Gingrich has responded typically wit...
4 comments:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

F-ing polls -- how do they work?*

›
Roger Simon has written one of the most anti-intellectual columns of the week, asking whether polls are really "magic."  Not only ...
19 comments:
Friday, December 16, 2011

A socialist blog post

›
Newt Gingrich, 1989 : The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentia...
11 comments:
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Who's enforcing journalistic standards?

›
Marc Herman has some interesting stories about the relationship between publishers and journalists, helping to explain why he released his ...
2 comments: