The decision is in. The Supreme Court today upheld the late-term abortion ban Congress passed after the Court struck down a similar ban a few years ago. Congress, if you remember, passed the bill after making findings that a late term (falsely labeled partial birth...
Month: April 2007
It's an old trope. In 1590's Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe wrote of Helen of Troy, the woman over whom the Trojan Wars were fought: Was this the face that launch'd.
That's about 1.9 million more hits than I expected the blog to get. Thanks to all of our readers and to all the bloggers who have supported us.
Wow. Here's what I stumbled across the other day while researching General John DeWitt's infamous (and unoriginal) "a Jap is a Jap" remark from WWII. I really was stricken mute by this image, to say nothing of the shop's name:Because I was genuinely curious about...
Via Drum:...."The debate in Congress ... has been helpful in demonstrating to the Iraqis that American patience is limited," Gates told Pentagon reporters traveling with him in Jordan. "The strong.
Defense News:There are roughly 130,000 contractors in Iraq, said [Barry} McCaffrey; about 4,000 of them have been wounded and 600 have been killed, he said.It's unclear whether McCaffrey was talking.
April 17, 1861:An Ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United State of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution.The people of Virginia in their ratification of the Constitution of the...
Glenn Reynolds: "If Bush and Cheney were really evil, they'd both resign and stick the Democrats with a Pelosi Presidency for the next two years. The Democratic Party would never.
I shall henceforth be known only by my Mafia Nickname, "Knuckles". Via Slate.
I was a little worried when I saw the headline in today's NY Times article: Revolving Door for Addicts Adds to Medicaid Cost. Often when I write about my opposition to the drug war, I encourage more widespread use of state-funded treatment programs (though NY...
The Wikipedia entry is already quite massive -- around 600 edits today. Scanning the progress on this one is depressing. The original stub began with the announcement of one person.