I think this gets most of the obligatory points:A statement, or paragraph, about "hook-up culture," preferably with no statistics to back it up, but if you must, you must. General statements about what "students do today," no individual campus or students referred to, are best. If...
An excerpt from this future bestseller:As bullets clawed the air around us and screams echoed down the rubble-strewn tarmac, I felt almost peaceful.It was a simple mission, they had told.
Following up on Scott's post about today's outbursts in Baghdad and Basra -- which suggest a possible collapse of the Shia cease-fire -- here's Marc Lynch on the other half.
The latest in arbitrary ex post facto means of determining the legitimate Democratic nominee. And this doesn't even address the crucial point that Clinton has carried the states of the most recent World Series, Stanley Cup, and Super Bowl winner! I think the superdelegates will know...
Last night in the middle of a lecture on inter-service rivalry in the United States Armed Forces, I bite down on a Sweet Tart that is atop a pile of.
Just, wow. An Idaho U.S. Senate candidate has changed his name to Pro-Life. Really.Apparently, he attempted to get on the ballot in 2006 when he ran a losing race for.
Good article about Iraq from McClatchy:A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.Simultaneously, in...
I don't know how I feel about these mid-week international openings, but it's pretty cool to get up and have Baseball That Counts on.
I'd been meaning to write about Emily Yoffe's hectoring of single mothers, but was delayed by a massive pile of Real Work and a bad flu. Fortunately for all of.
A few nights ago, I dreamed that I was attacked by a polar bear. It was strangely soothing, and when I woke up, my fear of death had noticeably lessened.Having watched this, I can truly say that I no longer fear death in the slightest.
Over at Slate, Melinda Henneberger and Dahlia Lithwick consider why Hillary Clinton won't get a speech on gender akin to the one Obama gave on race (and imagine what her.
Defense News:The U.S. plans to urge Britain to launch a "surge" in Basra to combat increasing violence in the southern Iraqi region, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported.Britain, which has around.