It’s obvious enough that the right side of the blogosphere would be a lot happier if there were 15 dead British sailors and marines. Stymied in their desire for a pretext to attack Iran, they seem to be turning on the sailors themselves, emphasizing how “humiliating” their behavior was to the United Kingdom, and presumably […]
Month: April 2007
I finally got a chance to read MA v. EPA, the recent decision requiring the EPA to reasonably justify its decision not to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The first component of the
Atrios notes something puzzling about the latest Cook poll on Democratic presidential candidates: More interesting in the poll results is the fact that Obama/Edwardssupporters don’t seem incline
Pancreatic cancer snuffs about 33,000 Americans each year; with any luck, the 6-10 hours of surgery my father is enduring today in Charlottesville, Virginia, will keep him from adding to that total in 2007. With this variety of cancer, phrases like “long-term prognosis” are oxymoronic. There’s no such thing, since everything about the disease transpires […]
Admittedly, it’s hard to be much more of a staunch feminist than Glenn Reynolds, with his innovative program of no voluntary headscarves abroad and state coercion to get the head of the househol
In honor of Treason-in-Defense-of-Slavery Heritage Month, Tuesday Forgotten American Blogging at Alterdestiny focused this week on Henry Wirz, commandant of Andersonville. Stay tuned for additional TI
Tom makes a good point; over the last Friedman Unit, US casualties in Iraq have been really, really bad. The increase preceded the Surge, but the Surge hasn’t had any apparent effect on the death rate. Casualty rates aren’t a great way to evaluate the success of a counter-insurgency operation, because more deaths may result […]
On to the Senior Circuit, listed in predicted orders of finish that can be taken straight to your local bookie, wildcard asterisked. AL here. NL EAST: NYM ATL (*) PHI FLA WAS Even among people picking
Charles Johnson et al. crying “Dhimittude!!!ONE!#W!” over Nancy Pelosi wearing a headscarf is, of course, just straightforward bigotry; apparently, we’re expected to believe that Mus
Appalling. At times like this, it always seems worth returning to the Mighty Reason Man’s summary of Instapundit: HERE’S AN INTERESTING POST by a guy named Steve from Des Moines. He highlights the direct connection between the modern Democratic Party and the National Socialist German Workers Party. Some incriminating stuff here. Of course, you wouldn’t […]
Allright, time for some picks (teams listed in order of finish, * wildcard): AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL, TB I hate to tell you this, but I think the Yankees are the clearest-cut pre-season favorites
Call me shallow and Althousian, but I really think John McCain should try to find some new friends for his MySpace page. Behold: Woody: “i belive that the way the democrates are going is going t