The appetizer from someone of enormous intellect:

“As president, Barack Obama would be a genuine uniter.”

Now on to the main course:

I noted yesterday, to the surprise of many readers,...

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

Think Progress, via its Wonk Room blog, thought it had the story of the year. 

Not just the killing of Osama bin Laden by...

We’ve seen the Twitter Death Wishes for Sarah Palin and Scott Walker, now it’s Donald Trump’s turn:

For the third time, The Questi...

The owner of Wonkette, Ken Layne, and Jack Stuef, the writer of the most recent in a long line of Wonkette hit pieces</...

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

I warn you, this is hard to follow.  I’m not even sure I have the sequence down.  But as with many fights in which accusations of racism are thrown around loosely, I’m not sure the...

She’s attacking me, but in fact makes a complete fool of herself, which seems to be her specialty.

Details in an update to Kathleen’s prior post, Meghan McCain.

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You have seen the video of Twitter death wishes directed at Sarah Palin, by people who did not feel the need to hide their identities.

So like clockwork, death wishes (threats?) are being tweeted about Scott Walker, again often using real names.

And these were before last night’s Senate vote (a Vimeo version is ...

Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature do not need a 3/5ths quorum to pass non-budgetary legislation.

Gov. Scott Walker previously rejected calls to pass the collective bargaining provisions of the budget bill separately.  Walker’s reasoning was that while the collective bargaining provisions in isolation may not be...

There’s a reason this blog is called Legal Insurrection.  An insurrection by definition is illegal, but that is exactly what some police union members in Wisconsin have threatened in support of fellow public sector unions.

The video below show a policeman (presumably off-duty but wearing what looks like a police-issue sweater with insignia) who addressed...

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

Paul Daniels is a famous British

After yesterday’s speech by Hosni Mubarek, I noted: “Things will be interesting. I can’t imagine the situation will stay stable until September.”

Well I was right, although I didn’t predict Mubarek would resign the next day.

But it h...

Thanks to @DDsModernLife for pointing out this comment by reader A. Dumas, in response to my post Houdini Economics:

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Sarah Palin has come under criticism for using the term “a blood libel” to refer to the accusations that she incited Jared Loughner to murder in Tucson.

I previously explained why Palin’s use of the term was consistent with modern usage, and how the criticism of her use of the term was...