Moe has a good post on the demise of so called “Filibuster Reform” from earlier today. The Senate voted on a package of rules reform proposals, but the filibuster is safe from an attempt by a simple majority of S…
Read more >>West Virginia's Deniz Kilicli, center, and Louisville's Gorgui Dieng (10) watch the ball bound away during the first half of their NCAA college Basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Peyton Siva hit a twisting layup with 4.…
Read more >>I was surprised when looking at the commentary on Huck Finn yesterday to find this blog post saying that excising the N-word from the novel would be a little like … my column on American greatness. Jamelle Bouie says making the edit in Huck …
Read more >>Published: Jan. 5, 2011 at 11:30 PM Middle Tennessee vs. Miami-Ohio, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Toronto, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Elizabeth Edwards, the late wife of one-time U.S. vice-presidential nominee John Edwards, has left everything to he…
Read more >>Marshall will ask the General Assembly to consider the idea when it convenes for its annual legislative session Jan. 12. It is a companion bill to a proposal he has already filed to establish a study committee to examine alternative currencies to …
Read more >>When Justice Roderick Ireland came before the Governor’s Council last month to urge support for his bid to become chief of the Supreme Judicial Court – the first African-American to lead the hallowed body – one prominent supporte…
Read more >>Happy New Year. Welcome to 2011 and to what I am surmising will metamorphose from a skirmish to a full-fledged, two-fisted debate in the court of Public Opinion. At issue is the question of whether Children who cross-dress should be whisked to a s…
Read more >>The Massachusetts anti-bullying Legislation has finally been implemented by a majority of Massachusetts schools. "Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester said Monday that 390 out of 393 public School Districts and Charter Schools have complied wit…
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