Author: Mark of New Jersey

In how many different ways is Arizona’s “Birther” bill potentially or likely unconstitutional? At first glance, I count at least four, but I may be missing some: The Full Faith and Credit Clause The...

I’ve taken a lot of heat in the comments for arguing that the recent poll showing a plurality of Mississippi voters would support a ban on interracial marriage is, in effect, bogus.  I think...

First the Jukebox.  We’re a few weeks past St. Patrick’s day at this point, but I’m feeling in an Irish mood today.  So first some drinking music: Now for the bleg. My birthday is...

According to a recent poll by left-leaning Public Policy Polling, they do. Several liberal sites have not surprisingly jumped on this finding, as did Doug Mataconis at Outside the Beltway. A poll result like...

In comments, North writes what has become conventional wisdom in the press these days with regards to Paul Ryan’s budget proposal: But let’s give credit where it’s due. Ryan’s budget is at least putting...

At the new blog Bleeding Heart Libertarians (whose roster of contributors is impeccable, I must add), Matt Zwolinski has an outstanding couple of posts responding to arguments by Bryan Caplan that libertarians should be,...

So I went on vacation for a week, got back, got buried in real, actual work, and now I’ve been fighting off some sort of fun little illness for the last week.  But I...

I was reminiscing this morning about college, late 90s ska-punk, The Single Greatest Party Ever Thrown (dude, we made a six-foot tall working volcano!), and drinking with said ska-punk band until 5AM. So, uhh,...

In response to Kevin Carson’s excellent post on reimagining the American labor movement and the role of the federal government in restricting that movement, Michael Drew writes: It seems like this should put to...

[UPDATED] One of the stories making the rounds the last few days relates to pending GOP-sponsored legislation in South Dakota which recently made it out of committee by a 9-3 vote that would expand...

As some will recall, this past summer I argued that Shirley Sherrod would be ill-advised to file suit against Andrew Breitbart for defamation, largely on the grounds that, wherever my sympathies may lie, “her...

[UPDATED] Conor Friedersdorf points to a pay-wall blocked piece by Daniel Foster in National Review on the recently-passed “Pigford II” legislation.  This story, of course, is largely being driven by Andrew Breitbart’s reporting, which...

[Author’s Note: Rumors of my demise have been very marginally exaggerated.  However, despite the full-bore reappearance of Brother Will in my absence and our failure to blog at the same time for many moons,...

I’m not normally interested in the Oscar nominations but because this is the first time since Return of the King that I have actually seen one of the leading nominees, this year is marginally...

Pro football legend, civil rights hero, sports labor icon, and original Buffalo Bill Cookie Gilchrist passed away the other day at 75 after a long bout with cancer.  I wanted to pass along two...

The “debate over debate” that has arisen in the wake of the tragic assassination attempt of Congresswoman Giffords in Arizona on Saturday, which left 6 dead, including a 9 year old girl, a federal...

Anyone trying to understand what happened on Saturday needs to read this piece in Mother Jones, which features an exclusive interview with one of the few people who still had contact with Jared Lee...

Given my post this morning arguing that there is no more evidence for a narrow interpretation of the body of the Constitution than there is for a broad interpretation, Alex Knapp’s quoting of Alexander...

In the comments to Jason’s post yesterday afternoon defending the act of reading the Constitution on the House floor to open the legislative session, even though Jason acknowledged it as being an empty act...

With the exception of posts that pontificate on the deeper meaning of libertarianism or other political philosophies, the number of comments a given post (exclusive of “Off the Cuff” posts) at the League of Ordinary...