Seriously. Maybe Kerry should have tried that logic out in 2004. "Why does the media keep setting up all these hurdles in front of me? I've proven that I've won! Obviously, the relevant criterion for judging the success of my campaign should be my performance...
Month: May 2008
Apparently, "critics of evolution are turning to a higher authority: state legislators." In some states, this has involved private screenings of Ben Stein's creationist wankery. Goody. I think this speaks.
Matt says that "I think there's an underexplored historical counterfactual in which the United States uses a different kind of electoral system -- like popular vote with a run-off --.
Not at the track, according to Tim McClelland. From my accumulated experience at Keeneland this sounds about right; betting on the horses is wholly incidental to the Keeneland experience. It helps, I think, that Keeneland is only open for six weeks a year, which tends...
What's the point of this?One day. Two games. An eighth-grader competing against players 15-years-old and younger.Those factors made for perhaps the most surprising commitment in the history of University of.
Last week's NYT article on the difficulties with the Littoral Combat Ship is quite fantastic. The LCS project publicly began in November 2001, but the ship is a natural outgrowth.
Richard Nixon, 1 May 1971:This is not a police state. I have been to police states; I know what they are. I think that the best thing that could happen to some of the Congressmen and Senators and others who talk about police states is...
The Course: SSCI 102: Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences.The Content: Survey of contemporary, peer-reviewed social science articles and monographs; discussion of basic research methods and analytical skills useful.
You may have heard somewhere that John McCain's health care proposal is crap. Andrew S., one of two new additions to Alterdestiny, has more.The numbers tell the real truth—the amount.
This backs up something I heard at the recent International Studies Association meeting:A statement from the Russian foreign ministry said that "a bridgehead is being prepared for the start of military operations against Abkhazia".Russia accuses Georgia of amassing 1,500 soldiers and police near the rebel...
Why Wright gets all the airtime, and no one is making a bigger deal of this? It boggles the mind. And also makes clear just how much the media is.
I'd have to agree that when it comes to wingnut conspiracy theorists I prefer the undiluted brew. What's scary about Laurie "Saddam Poisoned My Hamster" Mylroie is this:I’m happy to.