The War on (Some Classes of People Who Use Some) Drugs continues its roaring success:Killings linked to Mexico’s drug war have more than doubled this year compared with 2007 and are likely to grow even further before they begin to fall, Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora said...
Leaving aside his wanktastic politics, one thing that was never clear to me was exactly what credentials Bob Kerrey had to run a university. I know fundraising is very important.
The Most Inane Punditry of 2008.I'm glad to say I'd never even heard of some of these items. For example:"Well, here's the other thing that we saw on the tape,.
If Ben Wittes is indeed serving as an adviser to the Obama transition team, let's hope the President-elect has the good sense not to listen to anything he has to say. That Wittes would invoke Qahtani in support of his proposal for expanded detention authority is,...
Is the F-22 Raptor too big to fail in these tough economic times?Without further spending for the F-22, companies that supply critical components for it would begin shutting down soon..
This K-Drum post encapsulates much about what I find strange about the way some liberals have been discussing the American auto industry. First of all, is there any other context.
Spencer:Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Yes; yes it is. But I nonetheless have some respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is. Thoughts on who'll play him in the movie?...and if you're wondering whether Blagojevich...
It's not nice to hold people hostage for two and a half months:"Some crew members on the Ukrainian ship are misbehaving," the pirate said."They tried to harm two of our.
Marcy Wheeler has the details on the bridge loan plan. I like the Atrios and (especially) Pelosi amendments, the latter of which is certainly essential.I also agree with Wheeler about.
Does Blagojevich think he's Vladimir Putin?Authorities say they've also accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold state assistance to the Tribune Co. in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of editorial board members who have been critical of the governor.A federal official,...
Someday, you might encounter someone -- a hopeless naif, or someone who spent most of this decade living off the grid, or perhaps someone recovering from an infestation of brain.
The Ole Perfesser is vacationing in hedge fund Disneyland. After snorkeling about for a bit to assess the deterioration of the marine environment, Reynolds ponders the economic health of the.