The first two Philip Roth books I read were Portnoy's Complaint and Sabbath's Theater. These make for a rather abrupt introduction, but Roth quickly became my favorite from the post-war generation of American authors. My favorites swaths of Roth are the early, pre-Portnoy works and...
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It's kind of hard to tell, but I think that Reliapundit is arguing that an alien invasion will (massacres and general butchery aside) usher in a New Golden Age for.
See Geoff Forden on the typical damage profile of a modern torpedo, and how that relates to Cheonan.
Grover floats an idea: Now assuming that the incident was the product of centralized decision making rather than an unintended one ordered lower down the food chain (something I discussed earlier here), Kim Jong Il may simply be engaging in a tit-for-tat retaliatory strike for...
I just can't respect anyone who could be entertained by watching the NFL Draft. Announcer:"We now return you to exciting 15th round action at the Canadian Football League Draft." Analyst:.
Strangely, when we hear claims that the Obama administration coddles enemies and scorns friends they never refer to concerns like this: Fresh from signing a strategic nuclear arms deal with Russia, the United States is parrying a push by NATO allies to withdraw its aging...
Seems pretty intuitive: The way you gain people's trust is to earn it over time by repeatedly proving that you deserve it. That, or grow a beard. A recent study.
Yglesias misleads: It's a little pat to just say that things like the bus incident are unavoidable in a war zone -- even "unavoidable" incidents can occur with frequency --.
Nuclear terrorism concerns aren't new: “Officials regard the possibility of atomic sabotage as the gravest threat of subversion that this country, with its virtually unpatrolled borders, has ever faced,” The New York Times reported in 1953, telling readers that the Eisenhower administration was preparing to...
Our ongoing series of maintenance fixes: 1. The white background is dead. If you're still seeing white, then you have either a vision or a cache issue. 2. Still working.
In response to overwhelming popular demand, we have finally figured out how to change the background from white to cream. I hope you people are happy now. More importantly, we.