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 speech would sound like if she did). Their answer on why we won't be hearing a...
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.
Didn't we always really know? HT to Pinko Punko.
The big story lately in Lexington is how a developer want to tear down a block in the center of downtown that contains several favorite nightspots, and replace it with a forty story hotel tower. Local hoodlums have "organized" against this plan, and appear to be...
Via John Cole, some unintentional comedy from Tom Maguire as he wonders why liberals just can't see the profoundly important political message behind racist fulminations about people's deeply disturbing choices.
...that Glenn Reynolds would never offer an approving link to a racist.
I just got back after almost 24 hours in transit. I hope to not eat airplane food for as long as I can possibly avoid it. As I try to get my head screwed on straight and figure my way out of the jet lag fog,...
The Tournament isn't over yet, but the early start to the season means that it's time for Baseball Challenge. It's a long, hard slog, with meager repayment for mountains of.
Shorter Americaneocon:Although bloggers who refer to black people as "niggers" are clearly speaking from outside the conservative mainstream, the blogger in question raises some important arguments about smacking young black.
In wake of a single poll showing Obama with a 7-point lead, Jamie Kirchick asserts that "with a moderate Republican nominee and Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate, there's an even chance that Massachusetts will go red." Uh, yeah. I very, very strongly urge the RNC...
Sunday Deposed Monarch Blogging will return next Sunday. According to the search team, the wreck of HMAS Sydney has been discovered "upright and largely intact", while HSK Kormoran was broken.
Via Steve Clemons, there's Douglas Bandow's comprehensive review of John McCain's bizarre foreign policy pronouncements. It's a reminder of just how consistently McCain has been ill informed or wrong --.