One of my favorite bits of right-wing nonsense is the meme being replicated on the internets by Glenn Reynolds et. al. this morning about how the problem with taxing high income earners is that they won't "work hard" if they have to give more of their money to shiftless people who don't "work hard" ...

I don't mean to pile on the Mamet essay -- given that it consists entirely of sophomoric cliches it will convert nobody, and as Roy says if it compels some wingers to check out Glengarry Glen Ross or American Buffalo the net effect will be positive -- but since this particular foolishness gets wider...

What is it about the chemistry of the birth control pill that the wingnuts don't understand? There's news today that lawmakers in Missouri are trying to get emergency contraception (aka Plan B) classified as a drug that induces abortion. The proposed law would also (or perhaps principally) provide p...