A good post from Susan Bandes. I think the point about the way in which conservative nominees like Thomas and Alito have emphasized their life stories is particularly important -- nobody really thinks that judicial decisionmaking is entirely independent of personal experience (although, of course,...
Month: May 2009
Feng at ID highlights two new bits of data on China's aircraft carrier program. The first is that the Chinese have carried out significant work on the ex-Varyag, the Kuznetsov.
I had always assumed that, while he is certainly a world-class wanker and atrocious director, that McG couldn't quite match up with the likes of Bay or Schumacher in the.
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Making Chris Matthews look substantive:
I'm sure that the Chinese just arrived independently at the idea of having a folding-wing version of the Su-27:Russia is eyeing China following media reports that an unlicensed variant of.
Friday Cat Blogging... Stromboli
I'm sure that everyone has seen this, but that doesn't make it less awesome:Gates:Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special.
This is a sincere question. I'm not a particularly courageous person by any means, but I can say with considerable confidence that I've never felt any actual fear of terrorism..
Jan Crawford Greenburg convincingly speculates that Diane Wood should be considered the frontrunner to be Obama's first Supreme Court nominee. Given the current candidates -- i.e. given that Karlan doesn't seem to be under consideration -- I think this would be my preferred choice too....
Apparently the site isn't opening in Explorer, or at least isn't opening for some people (I don't seem to have a problem on my laptop, but do on my desktop)..
It's what Dick Cheney is made of. Well, that and undiluted 175 proof evil. Deep thought: I'm also really anxious to know what Dan Quayle thinks of the value of.