A reader asks the following question:Could you explain to me why it's bad to derive capabilites from intentions?I understand that it produces inaccurate intelligence estimates and that you can't actually know what someone's military capabilities are just from what they may or may not think...
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Eric Boehlert is terrific on one of the justices the Democrats are grimly obstructing. Given that the GOP has chosen to make her the focus of their threat to change.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Orson Scott Card....also check out his best movies of all time list. Call me an elitist snob, but I don't think My Best Friend's Wedding will.
This excellent post on Rosemary's Baby reminded me of some thoughts I've had about another peripheral character in an outstanding film. In this case, the character does not actually make an appearance, but nonetheless plays an important role. I'm thinking about the defense attorney in...
Detailing all of the illogic in this piece of Instapunditry would be a greater time investment than I would prefer; let me just say that if you think his argument.
Last Tuesday, I sat on a panel following a screening of Errol Morris' Fog of War. The panel went very well; the speakers all had interesting things to say, the.
Do you not get Michael Medved's radio show in your market? Were you saying to yourself the other day how frustrated you are that not every aspect of art and life have been boiled down to crude political reductionisms? Then Roy has found the site...
I mentioned recently that 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kathleen Sebelius vetoed some awful abortion legislation vomited by the Kansas legislature. In better news, the veto was sustained. Less reassuringly,.
Although they were able to avoid a sweep (and prove the ongoing persistence of patriarchy) by winning the epochal Wang/Bush matchup on Saturday, in light of their 10-15 start we.
s.z. notes that uber-wingnut Randall Terry is now putting pressure on Jeb Bush in the case of the 13 year-old girl in Florida who is being coerced by the state to maintain her pregnancy. I'm sure Sean Hannity is getting is ticket to Florida as...
The lead sentence in a PI article on the gubernatorial election:What started out as an election contest between Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi may be turning into a.
Speaking of Colorado wingnuts, Josh Marshall finds Senator Wayne Allard bemoaning "a vacancy crisis that threatens the service of the very justice upon which our great nation depends." Oh, the.