From the Associated Press. I double checked the date: October 16, 2009:
NEW ORLEANS – A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience
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This thing is so earnest. It’s like its own Saturday Night Live parody. Hard to know whether to laugh or just feel so good about the world that you start craving an apple.
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There is probably less than meets the eye in substantive terms to the recent Russian intransigence on a sanctions regime for Iran. Vladimir Putin merely said that talk of additional sanctions was “premature”–and if the New York Times report cited in my post below can be credited, Putin is right.
But there’s something else going on …
This rather provocative story was placed on an inside page of the New York Times today: a nuclear deal with Iran is very possible, perhaps imminent. The argument–one I’ve cited in the past–is that the Iranians have been seeking the capability to build a bomb, not the weapon itself. They have achieved that capability, given the belated …
There’s nothing more mainstream conservative American, more red state than blue, than professional football and the news that Rush Limbaugh is too controversial, too much of an extremist to be considered as a potential owner of the St. Louis Rams should be carefully digested by Republicans, especially those elected officials who heed his …
On how Obama might actually earn the peace prize.
A couple of additional points on David Makovsky’s extremely creative proposal:
1. It would be a tangible benefit for Israel, which–too often in these negotiations–is playing for abstractions (like recognition of its statehood). This would redraw the map to include settlements that …
From TIME’s Sophia Yan:
Move over on that shelf, Barbie–gotta make some room for Michelle. Three versions of a six-inch Michelle Obama action figure will arrive in specialty stores mid-November. Consumers will be able to take their pick of Michelle in her black-and-red election night dress; in the bright purple sheath dress by Chicago
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The health insurance industry is not an unbiased source when it comes to figuring out how the Senate Finance Committee health reform bill will affect costs. No group stands to lose more and will more fiercely protect its own interests – meaning profits. But that doesn’t mean all studies funded by insurers are completely without merit. …
Pete Wehner thinks I’m insane. He seems perfectly rational, of course, defending Krauthammer’s colonialist–no neo- needed here–contention that Iraq is a “prize” that Obama is squandering. Occasionally, the wingers let their true colors fly: this is one such moment. We should be grateful for the clarity.
The last of five Congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care has passed a reform bill. Senator Olympia Snowe was the only Republican to vote with the Senate Finance Committee Democrats, bringing the tally to 14 to 9. Snowe said earlier today that her vote of support today does not guarantee she will vote for the health …
Republican Olympia Snowe just indicated in her closing statement that she plans to vote yes on the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill. Her vote is probably not necessary for passage – Democrats hold 13 of 23 seats on the committee – but her support could be crucial to getting a bill passed on the Senate floor. Democratic …
I have a piece on Time.com today examining the claims made in a study released by the health insurance lobby over the weekend. The industry took a pummeling on Monday for releasing what many viewed as a skewed report based on cherry-picked information.