Tag Archive for 'politics'

Upcoming: The Daily Show’s got a big week planned.

We’re sure you were planning on watching anyway, but next week’s going to be a big one for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. First, “Senior War Correspondent” Rob Riggle is going to be reporting from Iraq all week. Not the fake greenscreen Iraq, but the actual Mess-o-potamia! Second, Barak Obama is scheduled to appear [...]

We’re number one!

After trying—and failing—to sell their voting machine business, Diebold has decided to simply change the name of their most controversial department. Diebold Election Systems is now Premier Election Solutions!

Manhattan Mini-Storage speaks out?

Mini Storage Billboard Aims At Abortion-Rights Activist via Gothamist

American Propaganda in WW II

David Rosmiller, at one of the insurance law blogs I read, points to Northwestern University’s World War II poster collection. Sadly, Northwestern’s database isn’t easily browsed, but it can be searched by text. Check out Rosmiller’s post for more examples. Obviously, the one I picked is a bit ironic, given that the poster was printed [...]

Guidelines pushed to the sidelines

This post by University of North Carolina law professor Eric Muller does a good job of illustrating what’s really wrong with Scooter Libby’s commuted sentence. A pardon would at least be consistent with a belief that he was not guilty. Bush, though, has said he doesn’t disagree with jury’s verdict. He simply thinks a 30 [...]