King v. Burwell unpopular, but anti-ACA propaganda having lasting effects, by Dante Atkins Income inequality: Good service is good business, by DarkSyde Ordinary people who made a difference: The Dunnes Stores strikers, by Denise Oliver Velez Paul Ryan's immoral act requires a response, by Egberto Willies More independent voters doesn't mean the country is moving toward the center, by David Jarman GOP's 2016 Iran Contrarians comically embrace Reagan as role model, by Jon Perr Left flank critique of Hillary Clinton: On Wall Street ties, by Armando Freeping the Hugo Awards, by Susan Grigsby Depression is nothing to be ashamed of, by Mark E Andersen
Income inequality: Good service is good business, by DarkSyde
Ordinary people who made a difference: The Dunnes Stores strikers, by Denise Oliver Velez
Paul Ryan's immoral act requires a response, by Egberto Willies
More independent voters doesn't mean the country is moving toward the center, by David Jarman
GOP's 2016 Iran Contrarians comically embrace Reagan as role model, by Jon Perr
Left flank critique of Hillary Clinton: On Wall Street ties, by Armando
Freeping the Hugo Awards, by Susan Grigsby
Depression is nothing to be ashamed of, by Mark E Andersen
Cherie Maestas finds that more professionalized legislatures are more responsive to public opinion. She finds that legislatures with the highest pay and opportunity have politicians that are most responsive to citizens. Somewhat unsurprisingly, legislatures that have full-time members with high pay are the ones where politicians are most incentivized and most able to respond to constituents. Political scientist Patrick Flavin has focused his attention on the question of equality of representation. He created an index of how equal legislatures were in responding to constituents across income groups. He tells me that his still-unfinished analysis suggests that professionalized legislatures might have more equal political representation. One reason may be that professional legislatures are less susceptible to organized lobbying interests. In recent years, many conservatives have fought to weaken legislatures. Ben Boychuk of the right-leaning publication City Journal argues, “Priorities, ladies and gentlemen. Priorities. A Legislature with [only] 95 days to enact laws is one less likely to spend a great deal of time introducing and passing useless legislation.”
In recent years, many conservatives have fought to weaken legislatures. Ben Boychuk of the right-leaning publication City Journal argues, “Priorities, ladies and gentlemen. Priorities. A Legislature with [only] 95 days to enact laws is one less likely to spend a great deal of time introducing and passing useless legislation.”
In dozens of interviews, lawyers and law professors said the imbalance in legal firepower in the same-sex marriage cases resulted from a conviction among many lawyers that opposition to such unions is bigotry akin to racism. But there were economic calculations, too. Law firms that defend traditional marriage may lose clients and find themselves at a disadvantage in hiring new lawyers.
According to Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly editor and author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, Tex-Mex has never gotten the credit it deserves, and never will. “Texas and Mexico—two of the U.S.’ most-loathed peoples. America doesn’t like mongrels, and that’s exactly what Tex-Mex food is: wonderful, beautiful mongrel meals.” Arellano’s quest to document the evolution of Mexican cuisine launched him into the cheese-laden world of nachos, chili, fajitas, and puffy tacos—Tex-Mex staples that are often viewed as bastardizations perpetuated by the likes of Chili’s and Applebee’s. But despite our long-held prejudices, Arellano argues that Mexican food in America is indebted to these cross-breed dishes.
Arellano’s quest to document the evolution of Mexican cuisine launched him into the cheese-laden world of nachos, chili, fajitas, and puffy tacos—Tex-Mex staples that are often viewed as bastardizations perpetuated by the likes of Chili’s and Applebee’s. But despite our long-held prejudices, Arellano argues that Mexican food in America is indebted to these cross-breed dishes.
Jared Milrad (left) and Nathan Johnson are one of two same-sex couples featured in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign announcement video she released Sunday. The couple, who live in Chicago, didn't know what Hillary Clinton would be using the video for, but they say when they first saw it they were "really excited." [...] And yes, they are inviting Clinton to their wedding. "We're mailing the invitations soon, Hillary Clinton!," Milrad writes on Facebook. "We are going to extend an option of a plus-one for Hillary Clinton. She'll probably want to bring someone," Johnson adds.
And yes, they are inviting Clinton to their wedding. "We're mailing the invitations soon, Hillary Clinton!," Milrad writes on Facebook. "We are going to extend an option of a plus-one for Hillary Clinton. She'll probably want to bring someone," Johnson adds.
In a major 2013 analysis, “Global EV Outlook: Understanding the Electric Vehicle Landscape to 2020,” the International Energy Agency estimated that electric vehicles would achieve cost parity with internal combustion engine vehicles when battery costs hit $300 per kWh of storage capacity. The analysis projected that would happen by 2020. Yet a study last month in Nature Climate Change, “Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles” determined that “industry-wide cost estimates declined by approximately 14% annually between 2007 and 2014, from above US$1,000 per kWh to around US$410 per kWh.” The study, by Björn Nykvist and Måns Nilsson, also looked at battery electric vehicle (BEV) leaders, like Nissan’s LEAF and Tesla’s model S. They found, “the cost of battery packs used by market-leading BEV manufacturers are even lower, at US$300 per kWh.”
Yet a study last month in Nature Climate Change, “Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles” determined that “industry-wide cost estimates declined by approximately 14% annually between 2007 and 2014, from above US$1,000 per kWh to around US$410 per kWh.” The study, by Björn Nykvist and Måns Nilsson, also looked at battery electric vehicle (BEV) leaders, like Nissan’s LEAF and Tesla’s model S. They found, “the cost of battery packs used by market-leading BEV manufacturers are even lower, at US$300 per kWh.”