First up from the God machine this week is a strange fight over dating. Not the kind where two people go out for dinner and a movie, which might seem more likely to generate some kind of religious controversy, but literally how best to assign dates to historical periods of time. In Kentucky, the state […]
Guest Post by Morbo Anyone wondering what some parts of America will look like once [tag]Roe v. Wade[/tag] is overturned needs to read Jack Hitt’s recent article in The New York Times Magazine. Be warned, this piece is not easy going. It’s well written and extremely informative, but if you’re like me, it’s going to […]
Guest Post by Morbo A lot of ink has been spilled over the so-called “[tag]war against boys[/tag],” and lately I’ve found myself wondering if the whole thing isn’t a bit overblown — kind of like that “war against Christmas” awhile back. Two factors heightened my suspicions: One, this story has been everywhere. After the umpteenth […]
If you haven’t seen it, Noam Scheiber’s piece on [tag]Howard Dean[/tag] in the upcoming issue of The New Republic is worth reading, if for no other reason than to appreciate the internal struggle that seems to be playing out at the DNC’s headquarters. I know a lot of key bloggers that I like are panning […]
Neil Young has a new song coming out; I think you might like it. It’s called “Impeach the President.” (Thanks to Ed for the heads-up.) Apparently it was recorded with a 100-voice choir. Rumors have circulated the past few days on the Web, but E&P has tracked down the strongest confirmation in a blog kept […]
For months, the polls showed voters with a pox-on-both-your-houses attitude. The surveys would show the public souring on the administration and [tag]Republicans[/tag] in Congress, but simultaneously show that they weren’t all that crazy about Dems either. The Dems didn’t necessarily consider this bad news. If voters were in an anti-incumbent mood, and the Republicans are […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * A new Rasmussen poll in Florida shows incumbent Sen. [tag]Bill Nelson[/tag] (D) expanding his lead over [tag]Katherine Harris[/tag] to 30 points. The poll shows Nelson ahead, 57% to 27%, which is a […]
Republicans are poised, for the first time, to run three African-American candidates for statewide office in the same campaign cycle (Blackwell in Ohio, Steele in Maryland, and Swann in Pennsylvania). GOP leaders like Ken Mehlman suggest campaigns like these will help lure African-American voters away from the Dems. What seems to go unmentioned is disheartening […]
Colorado’s legislature, for the second time in as many years, approved legislation that would make it easier for women to obtain emergency contraception without a prescription. And, just like last year, Republican Gov. [tag]Bill Owens[/tag] vetoed it. Gov. Bill Owens on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for women to get […]
Two days after congressional [tag]Republicans[/tag] complained that Bush has been a no-show in the [tag]immigration[/tag] debate, the president decided to mix it up a little bit by blaming Harry Reid for the legislative breakdown. Until late last week, Mr. [tag]Bush[/tag] had, at least publicly, stayed to the side of the warring between factions of his […]