One Theory That Explains Everything

The Corner’s Andy McCarthy has it, only for him it’s a fact, not a theory: Barack Obama is a “power politician” of the “hard Left” who, like all “hard Leftists,” is “more comfortable” with totalitarianism than with freedom — only he cannot...

Sanford Story Makes No Sense

UPDATE: Apparently, the Appalachian Trail now passes through the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta and is more about flying than “hiking.” ___________________________________________________ CNN has a post up announcing “Mystery Solved: South Carolina Governor Taking a Hike.”  A...

More Polls Show Support for Public Health Care Option

Conservative bloggers have been working hard to discredit the results of a New York Times/CBS News poll that showed strong public support for a government-administered health care option to run alongside privately insured health care. Nate Silver has made their job harder with two recent posts which indicate...

All the Dan Froomkin News You Can Stand

Brad DeLong has a huge roundup of coverage on the Dan Froomkin firing.

Does the State Have an Interest in Convicting the Innocent?

That is the question Matthew Yglesias asks about Thursday’s majority ruling by the Supreme Court in the case (pdf here, via Glenn) of a convicted rapist who sought to prove his innocence through DNA testing that was not available at the time of his trial: Obviously, the purpose of the established...