Month: July 2006
Speaking of thugs, Dority vs. Turner has to be the most entertaining bit of television I've seen all year....although Alma vs. Ellsworth gives it a good run. What a great.
Congratulations to Italy. What a crappy sport.
A further note on deterrence theory; the most common critique (but not, as I have argued, the correct critique) is that deterrence theory cannot answer the problem of "madmen", leaders.
Matt of the Tattered Coat channels the question “Who are your favorite Film Thugs of all time?” Matt's answers come from film noir; Chinatown and the Set-Up. Here are some.
Matt wonders what I think about Stephen Metcalf's trashing of the Searchers. I generally (but not unreservedly) like Metcalf, although he certainly does often fall into the Slate contrarian-for-contrarian's-sake model.
It's unclear why Jon Wolfstahl thinks that a deterrent posture on the part of the United States can convince North Korea to give up its missile program; as Bill Petti.
Shorter Ann Althouse: As a feminist, I believe that publicly funded hospitals should be able to deny contraception to women almost as strongly as I believe that Sam Alito should.
Elton summarizes a pathetic pro-Lieberman Los Angeles Times editorial: "It would be a shame if Connecticut voters force a loyal Democrat like Joe Lieberman to run against his own party's.