Month: June 2013

RIP, Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton has died. You may know her as Edith Bunker. She was a wonderful actress. I guess I probably learned a lot about politics from watching All in the Family. The Bunker family wasn’t anything like my family on...

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Again, Let’s Focus on the Real Scandal

For whatever reason, the people who make Camel cigarettes decided to disclose that they had made large contributions to Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers last year. I suppose that the disclosure is commendable, but I wonder...

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The Waltham Murders and Todashev

The latest report on the Tardashev killing is even more curious (as if that could be possible) than the first report.  Conor Friedersdorf provides one of the better summaries of questions the latest NYTimes report raises....

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Serious Question

Has the Republicans’ obsession with faux-scandals distracted them from opposing immigration reform?

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