(1)If Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by the Iranian government because he was reportedly sympathetic to opponents of it, would that terrorism?(2) If on the other hand he was working an an atomic weapons program for the Iranian government, and was as a consequence quietly...
Author: Paul Campos
This is somehow reminiscent of this and this.
Kevin Drum likes the idea of not getting hysterical over every terrorist incident, but he's got practical and theoretical objections to an approach that emphasizes the risk from terrorism is.
I think it's a positive sign that the WSJ published this.On a related note, in the last two days fighter jets have been scrambled twice to "accompany" flights on which passengers became fractious in some unspecified but ultimately non-terroristic way. Does it really make everybody...
One of the curious aspects of 9/11 is that, in an almost literal way, it somehow didn't happen under the Bush administration's watch. The self-evidence of this "fact" is illustrated.
Scott's thoughts on the latest HOF ballot got me thinking about the whole "the first ballot ought to be sacred" line of thinking, this year ably represented by Jay Mariotti's.
I’m quite sure I could beat LeBron James in a game of one on one basketball. The game merely needs to feature two special rules: It lasts until I score, and as soon as I score I win. Such a game might last several hours,...
Jon Chait has an interesting piece in TNR on the sclerotic condition of contemporary conservative free market dogma, as it tries to parry the Obama administration's response to the financial.
Do anthropogenic factors play a role in climate change? Some say no:(CNN)– In a late night posting on her Twitter feed, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued to blast climate.
So your taxes can be free.The current estate tax mess is a story of almost mind-numbing greed and legislative incompetence. A quick summary: In 2001 Congress greatly decreased the (already tiny) number of estates subject to taxation, by gradually raising the exemption to its current...
Whoops.If you had bought $1000 worth of stock in each of the ten recommended companies on the day this article was published, and then held them until today, you would.
I.E., the guy who takes pride in not watching television, since (a) I watch quite a bit of television; and(b) I think getting academic credit for writing/talking about TV shows.