Antonin Throws a Fit

I just declared myself to be President of a new organization, provisionally called “Dump Anontin Scalia.” Anyone want to join? Also I’d like to call it something else that has a snarky acronym, but I can’t think of what that might be right now. Seriously, there needs to be a Captain Queeg clause for anyone appointed to life for anything.

Scalia delivered an anti-Obama screed from the bench today that was utterly inappropriate and an embarrassment to the court. Or it would have been, if the Roberts court were capable of being embarrassed. Paul Campos suggests Scalia is unhinged.

See also Charles Pierce and James Fallows.

Politics and Class

The impact of class divisions on politics and just about everything else in America is something like the elephant in the living room that everyone ignores. Well, except when Republicans accuse Democrats of fomenting class warfare. Can’t have those unwashed peasants getting too riled up, can we?

Here are a couple of article that are interesting to read together — Richard Florida, “Class Decides Everything“; and Thomas Edsall, “White Working Chaos.” It appears our class distinctions are both growing sharper and also are driving not just politics but our quality of life in the U.S.