No Purple Heart for PTSD
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 8th, 2009 at 10:17 amSo says the DoD. That seems wrong to me–post-traumatic stress disorder can be extraordinarily debilitating, and there’s no question that those soldiers who suffer from…
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New York’s Least Coveted Endorsement
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:10 amTo be clear, my personal opposition to appointing Caroline Kennedy to the U.S. Senate has less to do with her qualifications–I’m sure she has many…
With Dignity Befitting His Office
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 5th, 2009 at 10:31 amAl Franken is going to be America’s very first Jewish comedian senator–a demographic I’ve long argued needs to be more thoroughly represented in the federal…
Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 pmLook, even if congressional leaders did express “strong concerns” when first brief about the Bush wiretapping program, so what? What do you guys want, a…
Annoying Liberals For Fun and Profit
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pmVia John Cole, Ann Coulter gives out this year’s “Conservative of the Year” award to … Sarah Palin.
Not a surprising pick, but the whole…
Caroline’s Patriotic Duty
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 19th, 2008 at 1:30 pmSo it turns out that Kennedy blew off voting in 2002 and 2005. I guess if I were here right now, I would respond by…
Megyn Kelly Has One of Her Moments
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 18th, 2008 at 1:15 pmMegyn Kelly is one of the less hackish people on FOX News. Which is to say she’s moderately hackish, but she’s also an actual legal…
Hot Potato
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmI know, I know–Bush has been doing the whole whitewashing-his-legacy thing ever since Nov. 5. Still, just when you think he’s come up with the…
Wolverine
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:00 amGiven the constant cross-pollination between liberal blogging and comic book geekery, I’m pretty sure someone over here is obligated to discuss the Wolverine teaser trailer…
Salty Dogs
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 15th, 2008 at 4:07 pmThe closer we get to the new legislative session, the clearer it becomes that the Senate is going to be the problem house for any…
What Video Game Narratives Can Do
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pmLike Daniel says here, it is cool that some video games let you choose to be whoever you want, but from a narrative standpoint, I…
Inside Coulterfest ‘08
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pmI do my best to avoid shamelessly plugging my extra-curricular projects on Pushback, but in this case I’m going to give in to that temptation…
Coleman Under Federal Investigation
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pmWell this is another fascinating turn in the ongoing Coleman-Franken vote count soap opera. Given all of the hubbub over where Coleman got his suits,…
Atheisming
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 9th, 2008 at 12:45 pmJumping in on all the God talk going on around here as of late, I’d like to throw something out there on the nature of…
In Which I Let Ben Smith Waste My Time
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 9th, 2008 at 11:54 amI know, I know. Cardboard-gate was bad enough; I shouldn’t let myself keep getting riled up whenever anyone pimps another obnoxious non-story.
On the other…
