I understand that we are currently suffering from some technical difficulties. Without getting into too much detail, I blame the University of Washington. If it doesn't clear up in an hour or so, I'll take more vigorous action.UPDATE: Problem solved.
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Shorter Gregg Easterbrook: "Having finally accepted the truth of global warming after denying it for many years, I don't understand why Al Gore would make a film explaining the science.
Dean Dad:Anyway, the metric system at that time came off as a sort of effete, Euro-Modernist import, shoved down the throats of Real Americans by the same smug coastal elites.
One of the most entertaining parts of being a defense oriented blogger is the occasional opportunity to dismantle Victor Davis Hanson, king of the 101st Typing Wingnuts. Hanson is such a bizarre product of our age; a "historian" whose work is plainly incoherent, but who...
Speaking of food that will make you violently ill, I really want to be these guys.A few weeks ago I embarked on a gluttonous odyssey, with a changing cast of.
Has anyone ever noticed that food poisoning really sucks? Sooo cold....
As long-time readers will know, I'm an opponent of the death penalty, but a fairly tepid one. While I don't think it ultimately accomplishes anything, I also think that as American injustices go, the death penalty circa 2006 is overrated. I would start with incarceration...
Since this web log hasn't had a post on Caitlin "why, oh why, do people criticize the crackpot arguments I make in public rather than the sensible opinions I express.
Seriously. This is ridiculous.Greek and Turkish F-16 fighter planes collided in midair today in disputed airspace over the Aegean Sea.[...]Greece insists its national airspace rights extend 10 miles from its.
It's not just Al Gore; another politician who Ezra has convinced me to see the virtues of is Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius. And here's yet another reason to get on the bandwagon:Legislation requiring physicians to furnish the state with additional information when they perform abortions...
CJ, among others, has requested a military affairs reading list. Ask 100 students of military affairs this question and you'll get 100 different lists, and I haven't really made an.
Like Ezra and Shakes, I hope that Al Gore will run in '08, and would, at a minimum, strongly lean toward supporting him in the primaries. Neil tries to throw.