The New York Post For those of you inclined to, for some mysterious reason, ever believe the New York Post, here’s the screenshot from their web site this morning: Looks like the conservative Post is having a tough time distinguishing its private fantasies from reality. AB UPDATE: Atrios has another amusing NY Post screenshot.

Confused over this Real Wage Debate? Cheney says real wages are rising, while Kerry says they are falling. Who’s right? It seems the Washington Post editorial writers failed to notice it was Cheney who was lying, but Billmon notes the WaPo faux pas from the Whiskey Bar here, here, and here. The Bureau of Labor […]

Kerry Picks Edwards WASHINGTON (CNN) — After months of speculation and a highly secretive selection process, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, has chosen his colleague Sen. John Edwards as his running mate for the 2004 presidential election, sources close to the campaign say. Kerry is expected to make an official announcement at a […]

My Fahrenheit 9/11 Review … Actually, I don’t have one, due to the movie being sold out both times I tried to see it. First, I went to a suburban theater on Saturday for a 6:30 showing; given that it was showing on two screens and it was the second week that the movie was […]

The Crusades, Alive and Well I just received an email letter that is currently making the rounds among the Republican faithful. The letter articulates the (apparently quite widespread) belief that the US is currently engaged in a religious war and needs national unity above all else. It’s long, but I thought I’d share some excerpts […]

Bush & Snow on June Employment Report Treas. Sec. Snow told CNNFN’s Market Call that he is looking more at the Household Survey because it supposedly picks up self-employed workers more effectively than the separate payroll survey of employers — an issue on which there is some debate among economists — and showed a gain […]

Death on the Fourth of July: The Story of a Killing, a Trial, and Hate Crime in America Orcinus proprieter Dave Neiwert’s new book is out: Dave summarizes his book in this post on the book release: The book on its surface is about an unusual homicide case that happened in Ocean Shores, Washington, four […]

The Public: Starting to Get It Ruy T. runs through the latest polls and finds that a majority of the public believes that Bush is doing a lousy job, the country’s not going in the right direction, the economy is still in trouble, the war wasn’t really worth it, the war hasn’t made us safer, […]

Has The World Gone Mad? Libertarian/Conservative blogger Eugene Volkh is defending John Kerry from somewhat liberal Slate (Volokh is right on the money, too). What’s next? Mark Kleiman defending Bush from The National Review’s Bruce Bartlett? AB UPDATE: See also this lukewarm endorsement of Kerry by Volokh contributor Jacob Levy.

Faith-Based Fertility Treatment Some of you may recall a purported study from a few years back claiming to demonstrate that remote prayer by strangers doubled the success rate of in-vitro fertilization among infertile women. The study, by researchers then employed by Columbia University, was published in the reputable-sounding Journal of Reproductive Medicine. Now, astoundingly, like […]