This is pretty ugly, and I fear it’s only going to get worse. From a purely selfish standpoint, as a die-hard Steeler fan and committed bleeding heart, this cannot end well. If Roethlisberger is clearly demonstrated to be guilty, then the Steelers future is ruined and two of the greatest months of my live are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sotomayor'
Tying the Steelers to Supreme Court Nominations
July 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Law and Justice, Sports, Supreme Court
Tags: Ben Roethlisberger·bleeding heartery·Duke lacrosse·Kobe Bryant·Pittsburgh Steelers·sexual assault·Sotomayor
What if a white guy. . .
June 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
Fantastic pieces in Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table” on double standards in the law. I’ve never understood why “double standard” has taken on such a negative connotation. The idea of making distinctions between, say, a race that was enslaved and legally oppressed for centuries and the race that enslaved and oppressed them strikes me as [...]
Tags: bleeding heartery·Slate·Sotomayor·What if Bill O'Reilly were gay?·white men
What a Bully
June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics, Supreme Court
“Is Sotomayor Mean?” From Morning Edition on NPR — Nina Totenberg does a great job of dealing with the accusations by Lindsay Graham and some anonymous lawyers (via the Almanac) that Judge Sotomayor is a “bully.” BONUS: Guido Calabresi weighs in on gender discrimination (!). -AS
Tags: gender discrimination·Guido Calabresi·Lindsay Graham·NPR·Sotomayor
Nwt Gngrch :)
June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics, Technology
I genuinely enjoy me some Twitter, but I can not think of anything more boring and useless than following a politician 140 characters at a time. I figure if a politician does something interesting, I’ll hear about it elsewhere. And I don’t need to get indoctrinated with some political message written in all lowercase and [...]
Tags: conservative logic·conservatives·Newt Gingrich·racism·Sotomayor·Twitter·white men
Case Closed
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
As conservatives continue to debate whether Sotomayor is a racist, it’s worth pausing to consider the comment causing all the controversy: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Last November, [...]