My colleague Dan Byman explains why Zarqawi’s death probably won’t make things better, and may even make them worse (via Robin Varghese of 3 Quarks Daily): Still, the history of killing terrorist and insurgent leaders suggests that we must be cautious before declaring the death of any leader to be decisive. In 1992, Israel killed […]
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An interesting post to pull out of Buridan’s Ass on the definition of oppression. Buridan argues that being an oppressed group requires (a) being a group and (b) being oppressed and neither of t
Within the span of five months in 2004-2005 remakes of two “classic” science-fiction series entered their regular seasons. The first regular episode of the “re-envisioned” Batt
Most of the evidence suggests grounds for cautious optimism about the prospects for some sort of deal with Iran. Already, some (admittedly obscure) right-wing bloggers are crying foul over the carrots on the table. Others trumpet Bush’s “diplomatic coup.” What should we make of all this? First, liberals shouldn’t begrudge giving credit to the Bush […]
In his writings on society and education in first decades of the 20th century, Hans Reichenbach argued that structural change would most likely have to be led by the emerging German middle class. The
I say we follow the lead of the Senate GOP leaders. Their move to bring up gay marriage now is fantastic. Ok, it’s so transparently political that’s it absurd, but we all need some absurdi
A few months ago, I posted on reports of a new study purporting to show that sequential lineups, in which a witness is shown one possible suspect after another without knowing how many are coming, are not more accurate in the field than conventional simultaneous lineups (the kind we’re all familiar with from movies and […]
Or fail to pass. Reuter’s Andy Sullivan provides some MSM liberal media bias (in this case, read “informative reporting”) on the looming “traditional marriage” amendment:
The 17 men were mainly of South Asian descent and most were in their teens or early 20’s. One of the men was 30 years old and the oldest was 43 years old, police officials said. None of them had
For our daughter’s end of the year school picnic/pot luck I was making up a batch of hummus. As I was squeezing the lemons and limes (hint: for really good hummus, use both lemon and lime) , I asked TheWife whether she thought that the long-haired libruls bringing Middle Eastern food would be perceived by […]
I was wrong, they were right. In my post Countering the Slippery Slope Nonsense: Why Gay Marriage Doesn’t Lead to Box Turtle Nuptials, I made light of the frightening possibility that opening th
Scientists in Canada have made a shocking discovery. As humans age, our ability to get jokes decreases. Fortunately, we don’t find jokes any less funny, but the part of the brain that deals with