Very nice portrait of Sam Reed, our Secretary of State and one of a small and declining number of sensible, moderate Republicans in Washington State in today's Seattle Times. Note that Dino Rossi doesn't make the cut; having the same opinions as John Carlson but being...
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Fascinating article on the BBC. Franco was neither an idiot nor an ideologue. He had two interests in World War II; staying alive and getting Gibraltar. Openly siding with the.
He couldn't make the time himself, so he sends a lame duck and his even lamer brother? WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, seeking to raise the.
Redbeard on this editorial from David Holcberg, research associate at the Ayn Rand Institute. I was looking for something to buy in a book catalog and asked my dad about The Fountainhead, which I had only vaguely heard discussed as an 'important book.' My dad stopped...
Best wishes to all from Lawyers, Guns and Money. Have fun, stay safe. Special shout-out to those stuck in places they'd rather not be. May 2005 be a better year.
Because of the absurd manner in which studios release films at the end of the year, any "Best of" list collected in late December threatens to exclude several of the.
I understand, given the events in South Asia, that this is a relatively minor tragedy. Nonetheless, I'll miss Jerry Orbach, as much for his long-term presence on Law and Order as for his roles in such films as Crimes and Misdemeanors.
What are the chances? WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 - The Pentagon has told the White House and Congress that it plans sharp cuts in the Air Force's program for the F/A-22, the.
Back in 1982, James Bamford published The Puzzle Palace, which opened the National Security Agency up to a previously unknown level of scrutiny. Bamford showed that the NSA had operated with.
Council Bluffs, Iowa- The old man's girlfriend likes to keep boxes of old magazines, including Time, Life, Look, and so forth. I had been led to believe that Look was simply a mirror of Life, same subject matter, mode of treatment, and so forth. It...
I knew that nothing good could come from my purchase of Master and Commander, the first book in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. I would either hate it, making the book a.
Cliff May on the heart of a neoconservative: I’d argue that the term “neo-conservative,” at this point, merely means someone who (1) believes American power can be a force for.