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Ben Smith reports:

As Hook em mentioned here, Big Country had some torn cartiladge in his knee and underwent an arthroscopic surgery procedure this morning.  He is only expected to miss 2 weeks. 

In the 2006 General election, independent Democrat, Jake Ford, the under-accomplished brother of Harold Ford, Jr. got 22% of the vote against Steve Cohen. Nikki Tinker did not break 20%.

Tim Chavez calls for all opponents of 287(g) to rise up as one and reject Davidson County:

Mabel has been relaxing since her unproductive run for president. She’s just checking in to say that during her absence from politics, she’s been barking, following everyone into the bathroom when the do their bidness and stealing bites of food off of our plates when no one is looking.

I've already written a piece about why forced busing for "racial balance" in the absence of de jure school segregation is more wrong than ever; but I remembered a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the plurality opinion, made a very memorable statement, so I hunted it down:
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop

After a two-year absence, Coolfer emails are returning. I know a lot of readers prefer to get information in email, and as a Blackberry owner I know email is preferable in some situations. Time constraints aren't what they used to be, so the emails are back.

Some are finding curious the endorsement of Steve Cohen’s primary challenger by Emily’s List especially in light of the absence of a strong explicit endorsement of protecting a woman’s right to choose

I come home late each night. In the day I'm a mess, feeling every strain of life. Who am I to my family? To my employer?

The American Medical Association (AMA) started an ad campaign today calling out a group of Republican Senators, including Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, who worked with the big insurance companies to block a bill that would have prevented