UPDATE: Somewhat reassuringly, apparently I didn't notice the problem below because this isn't, in fact, a feature of the constitution; a simple majority is all that is required for most things. That makes more sense. As the now obselete analysis below reflects, I think MY is...
Month: February 2005
A commenter in the post immediately below reminds us of a great Wodehouse line; perhaps the harshest condemnation the mild-mannered Bertie ever directs at an interlocutor to his face. If.
I hope you have all seen this unintentionally hilarious re-enactment of The Quiet American. (Jeebus, any good colonialist would know that you don't just come out an tell your supposed inferiors that.
I'm looking out my window at yet another beautiful February day in Seattle. It's crystal clear, 41 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. Such days have become commonplace. Some data: It has rained one day in February thus far. On that day, it rained...
Rewatching the Daily Show, I'm reminded of perhaps the most reprehensible words that our President has spoken: The strong have a duty to protect the weak Unless, of course, the.
For such a horrible little country, I find North Korea to be bizarrely endearing: "We advise the U.S. to negotiate with dealers in peasant markets it claims that are to its.
My position at the University of Washington is a bit unusual. After seven years (eight? I can't even remember) of being a graduate student, I finished my dissertation and was hired as a one year adjunct. This means that I get a faculty web account,...
Check out the cool discussion on Johns Ford and Wayne between Lance Mannion, James Wolcott, and a variety of others here, here, here, here, and here. The matter of the discussion has to do.
I see in the Seattle Times today that the courts have failed to throw out Rossi's legal challenge to the gubernatorial election, thus giving him the green light to continue the.
I'm sure regular readers of this blog are grateful for the reprieve from interminable abortion posts. However, Publius' reply to my defense of Roe v. Wade (1, 2, 3) raises many excellent points, and I hope it can be used to clarify the discussion. First of all, let me say...
Wow. What ciricle of hell are we occupying when there's a radio show where John Derbyshire is the moderate on gay rights?
The beginning of JFK was just on, and the narrator noted that Kennedy "found himself embroiled in Laos and Vietnam." Really, this rhetorical device is crucial if you're going to claim that.