Karl Rove, Charles Krauthammer, Brit Hume, other esteemed conservative pundits, and Ann Coulter are apparently convinced that Governor Romney's nomination is essential if President Obama is to be defeated in November.?? An accompanying argument is that the President's reelection team and other supporters would love instead to run instead against Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich.?? ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 04:36

It's true that some Republicans' views on Romneycare have evolved over time. What goes less remarked-upon is that something similar can be said, in reverse, on Medicare reform. There, it is Republicans who have tried to propose ideas from the starboard side of health wonkery, only to get rebuffed by the reforms' most prominent liberal advocates.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 04:31

This fascinating short TED Talk by Prof. David Lordkipanidze, General Director of the Georgian National Museum, recounts his discovery of early human remains in Dmanisi in his native country. The skulls and bones that Lordkipanidze uncovered are 1.8 million years old?far from anywhere paleontologists ever expected to find members of our genus?and far older. As ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 03:53

Noda and his key allies, Okada and Maehara, have scheduled Wednesday-Friday of this week for the final push on this legislation. Indications now point toward collapse and humiliating failure.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 03:53

It's not often you get an invite to a fashion show on a Sunday but when it's Krane, it's worth it.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 03:53

Times Higher Education, a London-based magazine, just released its second annual reputation ranking, which identifies the top 100 universities in terms of academic prestige. The ranking is based on a global, invitation-only opinion poll carried out by Ipsos for Times Higher Education's rankings data supplier, Thomson Reuters.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 02:55

Since last year?s demise of the CLASS Act, those of us worried about how the U.S. will finance the long-term care needs of the frail elderly and younger adults with disabilities have been looking for an opportunity to reopen the issue. Today, in a small first step in that direction, about two dozen state and ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 02:55

When mighty mouth Rush Limbaugh called law student Sandra Fluke a ?slut???because she supported the idea that birth-control pills should be a covered benefit by insurance companies, he angered a lot of sisters struggling for dignity in a misogynistic world. Slut is a word of disgust. Hatred. When we feel disgust for something, we flush ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 02:55

In the sea of ink on Greg Smith?s bitterly public departure from Goldman Sachs, two bloggers stand out to me ? Matt Yglesias and Noah Millman. Taken together, their remarks on the Smith ordeal ? and the changes on that ultimately caused it ? raise some serious questions about whether the culprit here isn?t money ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 02:24

HBO announced the cancellation of Luck, the horseracing drama produced by David Milch and Michael Mann and starring Dustin Hoffman, after a third horse died during the production of its second season. "It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 01:53