"Chilcot says there was no need to go to war in March 2003." And . . . "Blair “overestimated his ability” to influence US decisions on Iraq." "the inquiry does not accept Blair’s claim that it was impossible to predict post-invasion problems". "Blair presented the intelligence...
As I am desperately trying to write the draft of my book on strikes, one of the things I've had to sacrifice is writing book reviews here. They take too.
Muslims wondering why the West doesn't care when they die instead of white people in Paris and Brussels. Of course the answer is that most white people care primarily about.
Bilge Ebiri's remembrance of Abbas Kiarostami's work is well worth your time. These movies identify the filmmaker as a student of behavior. But the repetitiveness also has a cumulative power. By the end of each film, you're overwhelmed by the humanity you've...
Mike Lupica, needless to say, thinks it's somehow unsporting for Kevin Durant to leave for a better team because this is the lazy hot take du jour. But I love.
This would of course be very close to a best-case scenario, and indeed would indicate that Trump is either completely delusional or doesn't want to win or maybe both. The.
Hillary Clinton will not be indicted: FBI Director James Comey said today his agency is not recommending that charges be brought against Hillary Clinton as a result of the year-long investigation into her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state. "Although...
As most of you know, Kansas was provided an excellent test case for supply-side economics. The answer is that upper-class tax cuts have utterly failed to deliver the promised economic.
Nigel Farage has decided that someone else can help clean up the mess he helped create his his flagrant lying: While Americans celebrated the Founding Fathers' successful fight for independence.
I hope you all had a safe and happy Fourth of July. Happy 4th, y'all. pic.twitter.com/vfsLtFWb0T— (((bspencer))) (@vacuumslayer) July 5, 2016 View from my front yard was pretty great. pic.twitter.com/WWeKxze7OE— (((bspencer))) (@vacuumslayer) July 5, 2016 This is an open thread. Talk about whatever you like.
This piece on the threat of a large copper mine to Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a sign a failure in the larger wilderness debates, which is not.
Is there any good reason why the NSA has to rule that 90-year-old cryptic documents about the USSR must stay classified? The National Security Agency is withholding 90-year-old information on.