The comment thread to this post compels me to add a couple of additional points: Pithlord's slippery slope arguments about the consequences of not providing funding to Catholic hospitals that deny contraception is, I think, specious even by the standards of the genre (at least...
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Because of Times Select, I can rise each morning happy in the knowledge that I won't have to read John Tierney.
This sounds really cool, in a mildly creepy kind of way: [Rick] McKenzie has devised Crowd Federate, a model that will add a crowd component to a variety of defense.
The Bearded Ducks, unsurprisingly, hold a lead after the first half of the season. Loomis trails closely, and a mad run by Axis of Evel Knievel has placed Dave Noon within striking distance.Remember that lineups restart after the All-Star Break; if you haven't yet modified...
Connoisseurs of world-class, 5-star wingnuttery will be pleased to note the return of Alec Rawls and his lunatic obsession with the shape that hates America. Oh yeah, that's the stuff....and,.
"Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'."I recently took in the new film about the great songwriter (and alma mater of Canada's.
Syd Barrett has died, only thirty-five years late.Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60.The spokeswoman -- who declined to give her name until...
Matt has some good comments on the excellent Fred Kaplan article on the latest US Army counter-insurgency doctrine. I differ from Matt on a couple of points, however. Matt writes:I.
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Grace Sherwood's witchcraft conviction through trial by water:"With 300 years of hindsight, we all certainly can agree that trial by water is.
Interesting comparison:The most wanted Chechen rebel warlord, Shamil Basayev, has died in an explosion in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia.Russia's FSB security service chief, Nikolai Patrushev, said Basayev was killed in a "special operation".But a pro-rebel website said Basayev and three other militants died when...
I think Anthony Cordesman's point regarding North Korean missile ranges helps explain Peter's observation that the Japanese are really freaked. Cordesman:There is absolutely no meaningful agreement about what the more.
Governor Fletcher continues to stagger me with his tin-eared ineptitude. Irritated that he's been indicted, Ernie has proposed that the Treasurer and Attorney General of Kentucky ought to be appointed,.