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Scott Lemieux

Scott Lemieux is an assistant professor of political science at the College of Saint Rose. He contributes to the blogs Lawyers, Guns, and Money and Vox Pop.

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HOW DARE YOU SHOW THE EFFECTS OF MY POLICIES!

Scott LemieuxMar 05, 2007

HOW DARE YOU SHOW THE EFFECTS OF MY POLICIES! I've been looking forward to this since Friday:

Something I didn't photograph, but wished I did:Nation magazine writer Max Blumenthal queued up to get a book signed by Michelle Malkin. When he reached her, however, he didn't produce a book. He produced this photo and asked her to sign it. According to Blumenthal, Malkin got so angry she left the table; video that can prove or disprove this telling should be posted on Monday.

I BLAME JAMES MADISON.

Scott LemieuxMar 02, 2007

I BLAME JAMES MADISON. At her other online venue, J. Goodrich has a good discussion of American political culture and its role in the fact that the United States maintains an irrational health care system that provides much narrower coverage for much more money (including more state money) than other comparable liberal democracies. While this is important, I think that the single most important factor (both going forward and going backward) is the institutional structure of American government, with its unusually high number of veto points.

FEMINISM AND EX...

Scott LemieuxMar 02, 2007

FEMINISM AND EX ANTE HOUSEWORK STANDARDS. Matt interprets data adduced by Jessica and finds more evidence for my assertion that the typical arrangement of housework in households occupied by heterosexual couples reflects unjust gender balances combined with actually different ex ante standards of cleanliness/tidiness (which are related to said inequalities, of course, but a feminist analysis doesn't require any specific ex ante level of domestic work beyond what is necessary for sanitation, cooking, childrearing, etc.) With all due respect to the great Marcotte

THE GROWNUPS IN CHARGE

Scott LemieuxMar 01, 2007

THE GROWNUPS IN CHARGE. Hilzoy explains the implications of today's revelations about the abject fiasco that is Bush's North Korea policy:

GORE'S OBSTACLE.

Scott LemieuxFeb 28, 2007

GORE'S OBSTACLE. Media Matters has a good response to Richard Cohen, who blames nameless "colleagues" for the interminable media smear campaign against Al Gore in 1999 and 2000, while conveniently forgetting his own frequent participation in said campaign. This does remind us of a point indirectly raised by Ed Kilgore. Not only is Gore exceptionally well-qualified for the office, he's somebody who can generate support in the Democratic Party from the netroots to Marty Peretz -- one would think that this would be a compelling reason for him to run.

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