I couldn't care less about the next generation bomber, and keeping the F-22 line open was probably to be expected. I'd do some additional F-35 trimming, as well. However, while I can understand why no one wants to step back into the aerial tanker mess,...
Month: March 2009
David Axe is headed back to Africa, and needs funds. This time, he'll be covering USS Nashville's "soft power" deployment. I've broadcast several of his appeals, as well as appeals.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court considered a provision of the Voting Rights Act that requires a federal remedy if a members of a minority group has "less opportunity than other members.
Steve, with respect to a bunch of social reactionaries being shocked, shocked that Obama would follow through on his explicit campaign promises regarding the abortion gag rule and stem cell research, asks:Obama has weighed in on some culture-war issues, lifting the global gag-rule, beginning the...
One thing of note to add to this analysis of the Swiss health care system is that, as Ellen Immergut has pointed out, Switzerland is comparable to the U.S. in.
So there's a gathering of climate change skeptics taking place in NY. Since there isn't a plushie convention rivaling for the public's attention, the Times finds the International Conference on.
These sublimely clueless musings from Lisa Schiffern at the Corner illustrate the strange belief system of the GOP's true ideological base, which is made up mostly of the American version of what Orwell called "the lower upper class." Axioms which are key to that system...
Apparently there is still some controversy. The standard story is this; a flight of torpedo bombers approached the Japanese task force, and was massacred by Japanese combat air patrol. That.
In the post Scott mentioned earlier, Dreher insists that the jarring juxtaposition that occasioned many readers to question his values and priorities, has been the subject of a significant misinterpretation..
Via Hilzoy and Somerby, I'm afraid that this is not from The Onion:My taste for luxury has evolved somewhat—I'm not nearly as taken with the M&Ms in the mini bar—but on entering a hotel room, I still immediately review the room-service menu, bask in the...
Rod Dreher. In addition to the obvious, if you read the article that so shocked Dreher for reasons other than the people being butchered with swords in their beds, is.