James Fallows: When a party is willing to hamstring the country’s overall prospects, as “collateral damage” in its effort to weaken the other party, the results are bad for everybody. To choose one example, about which I have more to say in an upcoming magazine article: Everybody knows that “green tech” / “clean tech” businesses [...]
Entries Tagged as 'conservative logic'
Why to Vote (Democratic): Republicans Can’t Govern Edition
November 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Tags: 2010 elections·conservative logic·GOTV·Jamelle Bouie·James Fallows·Mike Kelly·Paul Krugman·Ron Johnson
See? It says so right there!
May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Immigration, Law and Justice, Politics, Uncategorized
This post by Monica Potts shows that cries from supporters of Arizona’s abhorrent immigration law that the law’s opponents haven’t even read the bill aren’t quite the smoking gun they’re presented as (regardless of what Jan Brewer’s cheap Kermit rip-off might say.) However, the post does not address the obnoxious argument that’s usually paired [...]
Tags: Arizona·Brown v. Board of Education·conservative logic·Immigration·Jan Brewer·John Yoo·race·racism·SB 1070
Another Dumb Birther Argument
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics, Supreme Court
George Will wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post last week called “An argument to be made about immigrant babies and citizenship.” How anyone got past that atrocious title to actually read the thing is beyond me. The article should more accurately be titled, “Every year someone makes the same argument about immigrant babies and [...]
Tags: 14th Amendment·African-Americans·birthright·Chinese·citizenship·Civil War·common sense·conservative logic·conservatives·Dred Scott v. Sanford·George Will·Immigration·Indians·jus soli·Mexicans·racism·slavery·Washington Post·welfare
Slippery Slope Alert!
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
In addition to campaigning on a pledge to repeal health care form, the other track opponents of the new law are taking is to challenge its constitutionality, particularly the constitutionality of the individual mandate. The argument is that the individual mandate exceeds the federal government’s authority to tax and to regulate interstate commerce, and if [...]
Tags: Commerce Clause·conservative logic·constitutional law·Glenn Beck·health care·health care reform·republican democracy·substantive due process
Inconceivable!
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
I don’t have any commentary to add to this fine post by Adam Serwer. I do, however, have a policy (started right now and likely to be followed very half-heartedly going forward) to link to any blog post that quotes Inigo Montoya in the title. -AR
Tags: Adam Serwer·conservative logic·Inigo Montoya·Princess Bride