Weird Deer

(Editor’s Note: This letter from Paul Killebrew to Katie Geha ran on Super Tuesday to general acclaim. In light of this, and thinking a bit about this, it seems prescient once again (Edwards focus notwithstanding), so we’re re-posting it for your perusal and reconsideration. To any readers out there in Indiana, North […]

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Our talk about the election the other day got me thinking about the issue of electability, which is something I wish nobody thought about. In fact, I’m beginning to think that “electability” is usually just a proxy for other concerns that for some reason we can’t seem to get at directly.
John Edwards, clawing for relevance […]

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I have a crush on the Ninth Amendment. I lay awake at night dreaming of its open embrace, agonizing over what I could possibly say to it, feeling wonderful and awful at the same time. Why? Just listen:
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny […]

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