Well, target.com at least claims to provide it, doubtless through one of their business partners (the joys of having relatively open search engines) — see here. Thanks to reader Max Motovilov (who credits [H]ard|OCP) for the pointer. UPDATE: Readers tell me that the provider is amazon, which should give those who hadn’t already guessed a […]
Archive | November, 2004
Federalism For Liberals:
Weighing in on today’s oral argument in Raich v. Ashcroft, the editorial page of The New York Times has balanced its contempt for the War on Drugs against its loathing of States’ Rights and reached a middle ground: the Supreme Court should rule that Congress lacks the power to punish medical marijuana in this case, […]
George Will on Filibusters:
From his Newsweek column, brought to my attention via Howard: The filibuster is an important defense of minority rights, enabling democratic government to measure and respect not merely numbers but also intensity in public controversies. Filibusters enable intense minorities to slow the governmental juggernaut. Conservatives, who do not think government is sufficiently inhibited, should cherish […]
Odd thing to put in the News section:
This story — listed first under today’s “Top News Stories” in the State Journal-Register (the newspaper of Springfield, Illinois’ capital), and published in the News section of the Chicago Sun-Times — is basically a summary of the arguments of parents whose suits against gun manufacturers were dismissed by the Illinois Supreme Court last week. Not […]
Good luck to Randy Barnett in fighting for drug rights.–
Our co-blogger Randy Barnett is arguing for the first time before the US Supreme Court on Monday in the marijuana cases, taking the liberal, libertarian pro-drug rights position. We all wish him luck. Not only does Randy have an able and much more experienced adversary arguing the case for the government, but Randy’s case will […]
Tide may be turning against Allawi in efforts for January Iraqi elections.–
Pressures may be mounting for a 6-month postponement of the Iraqi elections. There are now sketchy and inconsistent reports coming out of Al Jazeera and Debka that major parties besides the Sunni ones mentioned in the MSM have joined in asking for a postponement. Debka reports in a headline without a story (no permalink): “Fifteen […]
Final Push for Monday’s Argument:
My preparation for Monday’s Supreme Court argument in Ashcroft v. Raich continues this weekend. I learned a tremendous amount from moot courts at Georgetown, Oklahoma City University, and Harvard Law School. My thanks to all who served as judges for their invaluable feedback and to all those who attended for their support and encouragement. Update:SCOTUS […]
Review of Restoring the Lost Constitution:
Ronald Kahn of Oberlin College has written a thoughtful review of Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty for the Law and Politics Book review published by The Law and Courts Section of The American Political Science Association. The review can be found here. Though of course I do not agree with his criticisms–which […]
Lileks on Annie’s Ice Cream Parlour and Best Rock Songs,–
In his Thursday Bleat, James Lileks makes fun of Rolling Stone’s list of the greatest songs of all time and talks about taking his daughter Gnat to an old Minneapolis haunt after 15 years away–Annie’s Ice Cream Parlour. For me, there were even more resonating observations than is usual with Lileks’ bleats. First, Lileks on […]
The First Thanksgiving (the original account).
It is worth remembering the only specific contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, that of Edward Winslow. His letter was dated December 13, 1621. I include most of a paragraph about farming methods because it indicates some of the foods that they would have served: We set the last spring some twenty acres […]
Civil Liberties and the [French] War on Terror:
According to today’s New York Times, People . . . can be imprisoned [merely] for association with terrorists; a woman has been in jail for nearly a year awaiting trial on charges of knowing of a plot by her son, who is still under investigation. Haven’t heard about this case? Thinking of calling your Congressman? […]
So far, the Ohio provisional ballots are trending for Bush.–
With about half of the Ohio provisional ballots counted, Bush has 29,285 additional votes to Kerry’s 23,947. Most of the larger and more Democratic counties have yet to report, so expect the trend to move in Kerry’s favor, but nothing close to the number of votes needed to undo Bush’s substantial lead. The numbers given […]
The CBS Rathergate Report: Distribute a Draft First.–
If ever there were a situation for releasing a draft before releasing the final report, the CBS Rathergate investigation is it. Given the rather Olympian duo chosen to investigate the affair–“Louis Boccardi, a former chief executive of the Associated Press, and Dick Thornburgh, a former U.S. attorney general”–it would be good if they released a […]
WINE DIRECT SHIPMENT IN WSJ:
Article in today’s Wall Street Journal discusses the wine cases, which will soon be argued in the Supreme Court. Not that much new in the article, except for the fact (which I hadn’t seen previously) that former Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed is one of the paid lobbyists for the liquor wholesaler industry. The […]
Colin Powell condemns Ukraine election:
FoxNews reports that “[Powell said] the United States does not consider legitimate the results of elections in Ukraine, which the opposition says was marred by fraud.” It quotes him as challenging Ukrainian leaders “to decide whether they are on the side of democracy or not,” and saying that “”If the Ukrainian government does not act […]