Politics
Pro-Prop 8 Effort To Disqualify Judge Walker Fails
Dahlia Lithwick writes about Prop 8 supporters effort to disqualify Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled that Prop 8 was unconstitutional, because he is gay and in a committed relationship: And what of the argument that Judge Walker stood to benefit personally from his own ruling in the Prop 8 case? Wouldn’t—by this logic—a straight judge […]
Do Sports Matter?
Jay Smooth notes, in the context of the NBA Finals, that the masses pay well for their opiates and LeBron James broke a cardinal rule of sports by reminding people that they don’t really matter: I’m not ready to say “sports don’t matter” in a world where terrorists are willing to murder and mutilate World […]
Rick Perry Wins Without Showing Up
The Prospect watches the Republican primary showdown so you don’t have to.
Shoulda Had a Pre-Nup
Bailouts and immigration strain European Union.
I Ruined the Economy and All I Got Were These Lousy Tax Cuts
Will the GOP’s budget plan spark a double-dip recession?
Reading Between the Rights
Nearly 50 years after Griswold v. Connecticut, conservatives think the Constitution protects your privacy.
Imagining Malcolm X
Manning Marable’s biography of Malcolm X is a significant and poignant cultural event because of its subject, its purpose, and the recent tragic death of its author, the founder of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. Marable worked on this biography for more than two decades, struggling in recent years with […]
Once Made in the USA
The U.S. may soon reach the point where it can’t rebuild its manufacturing base.
