Congratulations to Italy. What a crappy sport.
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Nathan and Matt are 100% correct about the badness of the recent decision [actually, I think this is the wrong way of putting it; see update] holding that CleanFlix--a company.
A further note on deterrence theory; the most common critique (but not, as I have argued, the correct critique) is that deterrence theory cannot answer the problem of "madmen", leaders.
Matt of the Tattered Coat channels the question “Who are your favorite Film Thugs of all time?” Matt's answers come from film noir; Chinatown and the Set-Up. Here are some of mine. The definition of "thug" would seem to me to be a physically imposing...
Matt wonders what I think about Stephen Metcalf's trashing of the Searchers. I generally (but not unreservedly) like Metcalf, although he certainly does often fall into the Slate contrarian-for-contrarian's-sake model.
It's unclear why Jon Wolfstahl thinks that a deterrent posture on the part of the United States can convince North Korea to give up its missile program; as Bill Petti.
[This article originally appeared in the July 2006 edition of The American Prospect.] The confirmation of two conservative Supreme Court justices and the passage of a draconian abortion ban in South Dakota have again thrown the precarious state of reproductive rights in the United States...
Shorter Ann Althouse: As a feminist, I believe that publicly funded hospitals should be able to deny contraception to women almost as strongly as I believe that Sam Alito should.
Elton summarizes a pathetic pro-Lieberman Los Angeles Times editorial: "It would be a shame if Connecticut voters force a loyal Democrat like Joe Lieberman to run against his own party's.
Friday Cat Blogging... Sasha and BiscuitExtra Friday Cat Blogging... Charlie
Lots of people are blogging a story about a Jewish family who was driven out of their homes in Delaware for fear of the escalating retailiation being directed against them;.
This line grabbed me:The sequel to the no-budget Sundance discovery that started his career a dozen years ago, "Clerks II" sounds like a desperate retreat after "Jersey Girl."Kevin Smith shouldn't.