First, I've been absent (and sporadic when not wholly absent) for the past three months or so. The dominant issue in my life (aside from my 5/4 teaching load) has been the in/ability for my wife and her nine year old daughter to relocate to...
Dave Brockington
Manchester United 1 - 6 Manchester City. In the past, I would have absolutely delighted in this result. However, the cynic in me observes yet more evidence that in order.
are typically grim. It must be part of the genetic code for the Conservatives to bicker to the point of self-destruction over the EU; indeed, a Tory backbench revolt will.
An article at the Washington Monthly by Colin Woodard distills his new book, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, down to two to three dozen paragraphs. He outlines the historical conditions that created enduring, distinct, and in some cases...
Not at all surprising, but damn: “When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.” Divine intervention prevents us from enjoying the hilarity that a.
The NYT has a short piece on this new wave of reformist legislation that, save for one state, has been universally passed by Republican legislatures and signed into law by.
isn't happening. I, for one, am shocked.
Over the past few days, I have heard several MPs assign responsibility for the riots in England as a failure of individual responsibility rather than any "complicated sociological explanation". While.
TDS offers some analysis on Obama's failures in decision-making during the run-in and eventual capitulation in the manufactured debt ceiling "crisis" from December 2010 to its end. The analysis gets.
It took less than a day, but LGM called for his hiring, and the US FA took note and duly responded. Correlation, or causality? You be the judge. And for our next trick, we'll solve the manufactured debt ceiling crisis. Considering how swift the appointment...
Bob Bradley has been sacked as head coach of the USMNT, allegedly because of the performance of the side during the CONCACAF (could somebody please rename the regional association?) Gold.
John McCain, letting his "maverick" out, in response to Tea Partiers who believe that the Democrats and Obama would get the full blame for a default: By that flawed logic,.