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by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math One of the more bizarre trends over the past few years in the NFL has been the proliferation of wide receivers sporting numbers traditionally reserved for quarterbacks and placekickers. At first it was Keyshawn Johnson, which you can just attribute to Keyshawn being Keyshawn. Then dragger Kelly Campbell unexpectedly […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf For election reform advocates, people who remember Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004, and those who are capable of delaying gratification, I’d like to point out one of the neatest Democratic fundraising efforts out there this year — the Secretary of State Project. These folks are raising money for […]

(Posted by John) The concern about Peak Oil has been subjected to a lot of criticism lately, as the recent decline in oil prices, combined with the announcements of major oil finds in the Gulf of Mexico have given a lot of yaysayers plenty of ammo. There’s reason to be skeptical of both factors, however: […]

Also on the LA Times op-ed page today, Michael Kinsley offers some sorta-sage advice for the Tribune Publishing Company amid their recent attempts to chop up the LA Times: In fact, there may be no better way to preserve The Times’ role as a major newspaper (if that is of any interest to its owners). […]

Got another of those LA Times op-ed thingies for ya.

by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math Something is amiss in the state of Connecticut. Weepin’ Joe Lieberman has always enjoyed broad bipartisan support in his home state, but it’s not clear to me that Lamont could have expected his opponent’s popularity to Weepin’ Joe Lieberman has always enjoyed broad bipartisan support in his home state, […]

Shakes here… Nicholas gets it right when he says the suggestion that Foley’s bad behavior should lead to the end of the House page program is backwards. Yes, Congressional leadership should take responsibility for this debacle, and for preventing the same from happening again in the future — and there’s plenty of blame to go […]

Let’s be clear here: I will not have ethnic or sexual slurs in the comment threads. Things get heated — I understand that. And I’ll give a warning. Persist, and I won’t. Toke, who was protesting how owners of establishments should be able to set their own rules in this thread, stepped on the trip […]

by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math At the risk of stating the obvious, the idea that Mark Foley’s personal pecadillos should lead to the end of the House page program gets things backwards. The message it sends is that Congress is institutionally incapable of controlling its own members from making inappropriate advances at teenagers. To […]

By Neil the Ethical Werewolf -The latest Newsweek poll looks wonderful. Bush’s approval rating has fallen to 33%. By a 44-37 margin, Americans trust Democrats more than Republicans to fight the war on terror. By a 42-36 margin, Democrats are better on moral values. And we do even better than that on everything else. I’m […]