The Federal Taint

One silver lining to last week's Althouse affair: It prompted Ilya Somin to write a sensible assessment of the relationship between racism and federalism.

Comments

Sam Franklin | January 3, 2007, 1:05pm | #

If the North had just let the South secede, then we would all, black and white, be better off today in myriad ways today. There is your states rights. Right there.

I believe that about as strongly as one can believe such a counter-historical counterfactual.

V (hound) M | January 3, 2007, 1:10pm | #

Korn syrup on the taint causes taint cancer.

thoreau | January 3, 2007, 1:19pm | #

You know, there's more than one interpretation for the title of this post.

Guy Montag | January 3, 2007, 2:10pm | #

thoreau,

Taint nuttin new.

:- | January 3, 2007, 2:15pm | #

Taint Misbehavin'.

Sorry.

NoStar | January 3, 2007, 2:19pm | #

Jesse, Jesse, Jesse,
The proper anatomical appellation is chinrest.