President Obama is granting Lt. Alonzo Cushing, who played a critical role in repelling Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, the Medal of Honor. It's pretty amazing he didn't already have it since had Pickett taken the hill, it's possible at least the war would have ended differently....
A minor detail in this article on the history of Tabasco sauce, but one that is telling about how, when we are talking about "innovators," we forget who actually does.
Been a looong time since I had a proper space to make art. I'm still pressed for time, unbelievably pressed, but..Did you miss my art? Well, I'm back in the.
Under the radical theory that forcing the closure of most of the state's abortion clinics through regulations that have no legitimate medical purpose is an undue burden on a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Evidently, the ruling is unlikely to survive 5CA but...
Pennsylvania will be taking the Medicaid expansion. Not in an ideal form, although better than the Arkansas version (the administration was right to strike a harder bargain, with Corbett polling.
This. Very much this. One would think that a civilized society would, in time, come to some accepted standards for civilized behavior. We are not talking here about anything so.
My latest at the Diplomat suggests caution in interpretation of China's assertive behavior: We can agree on certain things. Chinese pilots are not going rogue; there is a logic behind these intercepts, and it’s worthwhile to expose Chinese provocations. All of this tells us less about China’s long-range aims...
The following poem is by S.M. Hill, a Swedish immigrant to Oregon, circa 1916. I take it from here. America They boast a great deal about equality, they loudly proclaim.
Every year at this time I receive several queries a day from colleagues, would-be colleagues and students asking me if I'll be "at APSA" - the Annual Conference of the American.
Shorter Andy McCarthy: "It's outrageous that banks that committed widespread mortgage fraud should face any sanctions at all. Because ACORN!!!!!!!!!!! Why on earth are we even funding the Department of Justice at all? The DOJ trying to enforce the law is even worse than taverns that...
That's the question that's raised by a provision of the school's Public Interest/Public Service scholarship. The terms of the scholarship include the following: Scholars will be expected to maintain matriculation.
A distinguished, if long-dead, philosopher has dropped into our comment section to make a very important point: Because multi-party systems are much more democratically responsive? Coalition building is at least.