"What are America's Top Three Allies?" is a bit vague; it could mean either "Who are our best three chums?", or "Who are three most important friends?". I think the answer to the latter would definitely include Japan and the UK, followed by a pack...
Author: Robert Farley
It's not as if the Sharansky test really evidences much in the way of a deep understanding of democracy; it reminds me a lot of Prussia under Frederick II (believe.
Drive, in spite of outstanding reviews, has been canceled after four episodes. I feel that this utterly vindicates my policy to avoid watching any new series in its first season..
The Board of Trustees of my fine employer has voted 14-2 to extend domestic partner benefits. UK joins the University of Louisville as the only state institutions in Kentucky to extend such benefits. The decision has already spurred some pushback, although it seems that the...
Vice President Cheney:"What’s most troubling about Senator Reid’s comments yesterday is his defeatism," said Mr. Cheney. "And the timetable legislation that he is now pursuing would guarantee defeat. Maybe it.
The oft-reliable Yglesias is off his head:What do sports fans do here on the West Coast? You've gotten Eastern Conference playoff games starting at 4PM. You've got NFL games starting.
Sam Dagher at the CSM has a good article on the potential detrimental effect of having large numbers of US troops in close quarters with Iraqi civilians. Invariably, in a counter-insurgency conflict, civilians are going to be killed by US forces. This is particularly true...
Just my imagination, or are there a lot of people dying lately?The Best and the Brightest is an outstanding book; I haven't yet read War in a Time of Peace,.
Interesting; I've always thought of Bernie Shaw's death penalty question to Mike Dukakis as more of a high fastball than a spitball. Dukakis could (and did) strike out on the.
In the wake of the Reconquista, Muslims and Jews fleeing Spain found their way in numbers to what would become modern Tunisia. A struggle for control between Spain and Turkey ended when the Ottoman Empire assumed control of the territory in 1574. Various appointees of...
In what may be the silliest wingnutitude since the "a crescent is coming to kill us and take our memorials" fiasco, Jerry Bowers:Envy, deep and powerful, comes through it all..
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