Most people have heard by now of the casualty report in the Lancet, which estimates that around 100000 Iraqi civilians have died during the war. Fred Kaplan does a good job of questioning some of the analysis, as does Shannon Love. I would be pretty surprised to learn...
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From Bird Dog, over at Tacitus: Update [2004-10-28 18:10:27 by Bird Dog]: Ralph Peters, McQ and Dale Franks are wrong, and so am I. ABC News confirmed that the video taken.
John Kerry says George W. Bush made a mistake by failing to secure 380 tons of high explosives in Iraq. George W. Bush does not make mistakes. The US Army.
Ezra Klein wonders why so many are lukewarm about Kerry: The whole thing puzzles me. Why are people so down on Kerry? Maybe it's because I've never been politically conscious through a Democrat's term and have thus missed the sort of dashed hopes that inspire total...
As my dissertation sped toward completion, I largely ignored non-academic writing. Instead of doing outside reading, I assembled a "reading shelf," full of books that I planned to read as.
First cold of the season has hit. Has left me grumpy, irritable, and resentful of the healthy. Not that anyone notices. The incentives for Allawi in turning on the Bush administration.
Mark Schmitt does a great job drawing contrasts between the 1984 "Bear in the Woods" ad and the 2004 "Wolves will eat me" ad. Here's the transcript of the bear ad: There is a bear in the woods. For some people the bear is easy...
This is troubling news: New Record for Marijuana Arrests Marijuana arrests in the U.S. totaled a record 755,000 last year, according to the FBI's latest numbers. That represented 45 percent of.
Kerry takes his first Rassmussen lead since August 23. 48-46. Fuck yeah.
Laura Rozen has a nice, brief analysis of the latest Safire: Bill Safire is chagrined that Jewish and Arab Americans are united in voting overwhelmingly against Bush and believing Kerry will better represent their interests. Maybe Safire should learn a little something from the citizenry and...
Apparently, not even Fox News is going to pick up the Washington Times "scoop" regarding the fact that some Security Council ambassadors don't remember meeting John Kerry. This is only somewhat.
Since my morning appointment has been cancelled (received the phone call just as I was getting my coffee, so no chance to go back to bed), I'm sitting in my.