As an addendum to Matt's post, allow me to note from the frozen tundra of Alberta that the NHL offers us a good controlled experiment in the effectiveness of salary caps in terms of ensuring competitive balance, as it's gone from a good free-market system to...
The answer is yes; it is Evil to cheer for Oklahoma State against Oregon. Against the Sooners, I'll allow, it wasn't so Evil. But against the Ducks, yes.Lessee.... two teams.
Each spring, I have to teach an introductory, interdisciplinary social science course with the banal title, "Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences." In years past, we've spent most of.
The PLAN is using its anti-piracy mission as an opportunity to learn:Stratfor, a private intelligence agency based in the United States, said in a report that a Chinese antipiracy patrol would afford its navy “some very real opportunities for on-the-job training, covering everything from logistics far...
At least one Arab state can be expected to leap to Israel's defense:Of the various premises on which the U.S. invasion of Iraq was sold to the American people, one.
The site is apparently experiencing some kind of fatal error in Firefox; investigating. Seems to be okay in Explorer....problem seems to have resolved itself. Resume normal commenting activities.
Is the Air Force too casual about the threat posed by giant metal robots?As we speak, [Michael] Bay is shooting a sequel that has even more U.S. military hardware on display, according to USA Today. The director set up shop at White Sands, a test range...
The ante is rhetorically upped:“The goal of the operation is to topple Hamas,” Haim Ramon, the deputy to Ehud Olmert, the Prime Minister, said. It was the first time since.
A comprehensive roundup. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I'm tempted to go with the low-seeded "Fred Thompson, savior of the Republican Party"...
Perhaps I'm missing something, but it seems clear to me that Minnesota court's order that both the Franken and Coleman campaigns had agree to a standard for counting improperly excluded ballots is pretty much the stupidest thing ever. Maybe before the election establishing such standards by...
If you happen to be a confederate apologist like Robert Stacy McCain, about the only lesson you're willing to take away from the Civil War is that collective punishment is.
Via Ackerman, Gershon Shafir:First, Israel is about to exhaust obvious and legitimate military targets, especially those available for aerial bombardment, even under their broadest interpretation. Admittedly Hamas never seriously tried.