Read this excellent article in the New York Times about the hunt for spies at Guantanamo Bay. Long story short, if you're Islamic and you have any questions about the treatment of detainees, you get to be a suspect and have your life upended. To be fair,...
While Jim Henley and Rob have already dealt with this, this Tom Boswell article linked to be Henley about the DC stadium deal is such a definitive example of the mendacity of.
Some insight into Libya's motivation to drop its weapons programs early this year: Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi said the move was responsible for Mr. Bush's election victory and said he now wanted.
This is old news, and I don't have much to add, but it's worth remembering when you find yourself confronted by a Reagan-addled wingnut: The answer, of course, is that Reagan didn't grow his way out of the deficits caused by his 1981 tax cut. He...
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I'm not a fan of Peter Beinart, but this is perhaps the most ill-conceived line of attack anyone could come up with: Even if you favor making gay marriage a central,.
Who says local government doesn't work in the District of Columbia? NEW YORK -- Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse. The decision by Major League Baseball followed the...
Bobby Fischer is one crazy motherfucker. He's been detained for some time in Japan on a visa violation; the US stripped him of his passport after he played Boris Spassky in.
Looks as if I shouldn't waste my time on the Earthsea miniseries. Leguin is pretty unhappy with the result. At this point, things began to move very fast. Early on, the.
If you get the chance, check out Geoffrey O'Brien's immensely interesting review of two biographies of Cary Grant in the New York Review of Books. Three things I didn't know about Cary Grant: 1. He was more or less homeless by the age of ten. His...
is on full display in this ridiculous piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. What is it with Classics professors? He starts off with a little whining about he was given a.
Based on my first (wine drenched) perusal, The Return of the King: Extended Edition is well worth the time and cash. Notable additions include a satisfactory end to Saruman's story,.