Month: July 2008
The former North Carolina Senator has shuffled off this mortal coil.All condolences to his family but -- particularly given the media tendency to downplay these kinds of details when discussing.
Abraham Lincoln, special session message, 4 July 1861:It might seem at first thought to be of little difference whether the present movement at the South be called "secession" or "rebellion.".
Roughly 1 in 10 pregnancies in the Arab world ends in an abortion, despite draconian abortion bans in most countries. Just another reminder that the reproductive policies favored by John.
I agree with Sanchez and Patashnik that there's no necessary contradiction between Obama's nominal opposition to same-sex marriage and opposition to the California Restoration of Bigotry initiative. As I think.
Matt writes:As you can perhaps tell from my dyspeptic response to some of our Ideas Festival sponsors' efforts to brand themselves as "green," (see also Boeing's hilarious hand-crank powered flashlight).
Harry Truman, statement on the independence of the Philippines, 3 July 1946:The independence achieved today by the Philippines comes after a period of forty-eight years of American sovereignty over the.
Who killed whom here?
This is what I've been up to for two of the last three weeks: