I have a review of the superb new HBO documentary with some further comments about the way fictionalized “tort tales” are used to block access to the courts up at the Prospect.
Month: July 2011
It’s important to read this: NATO commanders requested the sophisticated surveillance aircraft after concluding that they were running out of military targets in Libya after four months of bombi
Somebody is clutching at straws.
When I first read this passage from Norquist’s NYT Op-Ed this morning regarding what counts as a violation of the no new taxes pledge he authored 25 years ago, I hadn’t had any coffee yet and it made no sense whatsoever: Finally, there has been much confusion — some of it my fault — over […]
Sourcing is a little thin (and by thin, I mean entirely sourced to the Georgian Ministry of the Interior), and implication seems strong (based on Russian behavior in Georgia, we should scotched New ST
I’m not one who immediately wrote off Michele Bachmann’s chances to secure the GOP nomination, and Scott L’s observations on July 11 are sensible. Over at The Democratic Strategist
This is just outrageous: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed legislation that officially classifies beer as alcohol in Russia. The new law will allow controls on the sale of beer and other “low alcohol” beverages in an attempt to reduce alcohol abuse in Russia, a country with an alcohol consumption that is twice the critical […]
Actual cuts now, theoretical revenue increases later. If something like this doesn’t happen it’ll be because the median vote in the House is a lunatic winger. What’s particularly exa
This is awesome: C. The HPT Meeting. Around the Pentagon, HPT stands for “high-payoff target,” and that’s exactly what you’re aiming for, so use this tactic sparingly. Here, HPT is a mnemonic
In a rare piece of sensible legislation coming out of California, rural homeowners who rely on state firefighters for basic fire services will have to pay a $150 annual fee. This makes a tremendous amount of sense, even if California was not suffering through its never-ending fiscal meltdown. Recent years have seen an explosion of […]
Excellent essay at Only the Cinema on Out of Sight, clearly Soderbergh’s best film (though a strong case can be made for The Limey) and one of the most entertaining films of the last 20 years.
This is worth your while. And as if to illustrate… In what looks to increasingly be an inevitable presidential bid, Rick Perry has turned to Doug Feith to discuss national security matters, acco