"First things first, but not necessarily in that order" - Doctor Who

If you live in New York, you should be interested in this.
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law recently declared New York’s state legislature the worst in the nation. [...] The Brennan Center has proposed non-partisan reforms that can be enacted… This upcoming January, both the Senate and the Assembly will vote [...]
Posted: November 22nd, 2004 under Politics.
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OK, on further review, Headphone Science’s 5 Short Stories On Lines is pretty much nothing like The Avalanche’s Since I Left You. I don’t know why I would say that. I guess because I hadn’t listend to 5 Short Stories for a few days, and had just listened to Since I Left You. [...]
Posted: November 16th, 2004 under Music.
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This time I’m not highlighting an artist, but a whole label, en:peg digital. It’s an offshoot of n5MD, which was originally set up as a MiniDisc label. (Sony recently ceased production of pre-recorded MiniDiscs, so n5MD had to stop being a MiniDisc label. They still release music on conventional CDs & vinyl, [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2004 under Music.
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Kevin Drum has some good thoughts about this over at Washington Monthly. The short short version:
Lefty extremists actively crave attention. [...] Bible Belt Christians, by contrast, don’t. [...] the result of all this is that most Americans are well aware of lefty extremism [...but] aren’t well aware of Christian extremism. [...] when something like [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2004 under Politics.
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By the way, that post about extremism that I linked to in the previous entry is an excellent read, outlining terrorist stategy, what Bin Laden wants, what he’s likely to do next because of it, and how we should be dealing with terrorism. Please go read it.
Posted: November 10th, 2004 under Politics.
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