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In part due to the reaction toward my Indecent Proposal post and in part do to the nature of my next post, I’d like to make a quick point regarding my interpretation of the nature of blogs. Blogs have three major beneficial effects: dissemination of information, a check on the media (as well as a […]

Since it is now official, I’d like to say congratulations to Howard Dean. I supported you for president and I’m glad to see you elected as Chairman. The guy can raise money, energize the base, and connect with television viewers (my grandma absolutely loved him, that is coming from a woman who faithfully votes Republican). […]

Amy Sullivan, of the Washington Monthly, calls attention to this Pro-Choice America letter citing Senator Harry Reid’s Prevention First Act – an act that would make it easier to get birth control and therefore cut down on unwanted pregnancies, unwanted pregnancies being something all people can agree are not good. Of course, the strictest pro-lifers […]

I have no earth-shattering comments on this ABA report stating that the legal representation of indigents is in a state of crisis, but I did want to take a moment to publically vent my frustration. The insurance companies cry, Republicans listen, and all of a sudden medical malpractice is placed on the high priority list […]

The Supreme Court, 1942: There are certain well defined and narrowly limitd classes of speech, [such as the obscene and the libelous, that] are no essential part of any exposition of ideas and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly […]

It is 9 feet high, 21 feet long, 8.5 feet wide, 7 tons, can carry nearly 6 tons in load, and gets 8 miles per gallon…“It” is the new International CXT. In fact, the CXT has a gross vehicle weight rating of 25,999 (compared to the Hummer’s 10,300 lbs.) which is exactly, and purposely, one […]

I know the quality’s been down a bit over the last week. The posts are shorter, there are fewer of them, and I’ve increased the spelling errors. Apologies all around. Like a good liberal, I’m going to blame it on something, mainly my decision to graduate early. I’m swamped with job applications, course work, and […]

Mark Schmitt’s got an excellent, thought-provoking post on the changing face of membership. Contra the Dean campaign and NARAL, he believes the era of dues-paying, weekly-meeting organization has passed, and we should start asking what’s next. He’s right. I was as enthused as everyone else about the Dean for America MeetUps, but they survived only […]

Brad Plumer jumps on a hobbyhorse of mine, namely, the need to build more medical schools. There are a mere 125 in the nation, and the competition is so intense that a B here and there disqualifies you. Fast forward a few years and doctors are so overloaded that they make patients wait hours but […]