Which, who didn’t see that coming. Meanwhile, nearby, a prominent Princeton professor — though he lacks Obama’s omnipotence and an autodidact’s mastery of all things ever — in turn scrambles to call such a claim bullshit.  Though he uses more academic jargon and engages the question more diplomatically.  But I figure you come here for the shorter version of things, so enjoy my salty language, which cuts right to the

Makes me long for the days of a shrieking Amanda Marcotte, sexist laundry basket designs, and the vagina dentata — the former two easily dismissed with an eye roll and, like, logic, while with the latter you can conceivably overcome by feeding it lots of sugary foods until  the bad bits rot out and everything works out the way it’s supposed to. — Or the way rape is supposed to,

You remember Dick Lugar, right? — the guy who, after 30-some-odd years of representing his state refused to endorse the conservative, Richard Mourdoch, who thumped him in the GOP primary? The man who repaid loyal Republican voters, who consistently fooled themselves into believing he was even mildly concerned with the interests of the GOP’s conservative base rather than in his own perks and power (pro tip: when your Senator doesn’t

By popular demand, our resident OFA troll “hellomynameissteve” has been invited to leave. And by “invited,” I of course mean unceremoniously removed under his current phony email address. Now, let’s not kid ourselves: he’ll be back under a different fake name and temporary email address, if only briefly, in order to tell us all how we fear his speech and wish to squelch dissent. That his ideas — which are