Ezra assesses the meaning of the fact that the United States ranks #1 in cancer survival rates, which seems likely to be adduced frequently by apologists for the indefensible American health care system: Moreover, simply having the highest survival rates isn't a particularly useful metric of...
Most of the rest of the top 10 make sense -- it it figures to be razor-thin -- but I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have gotten the current NL.
More squirrel bait regarding the American war in Vietnam, today from Peter Rodman, whose ongoing devotion to Henry Kissinger -- his first boss -- is touching if nothing else:Military historians.
The foreign policy community debate has led down some pretty interesting avenues, one of them being an interrogation of the idea that the United States has "vital interests". The short answer is no, and that policy arguments made on the basis of "vital interests" are almost...
Good news from Iraq! Only a few more Friedman Units to go!The polarization of communities is most evident in Baghdad, where the Shia are a clear majority in more than.
To my surprise, my food posts (I am, after all, supposed to be feminist & foodie) have sparked serious controversy 'round these parts. So let's see what happens today, when.
Marc Danzinger argues that Duncan Black is trying to gag...Tom Friedman. No, I'm serious. Why, one more "Wanker of the Day" award and Friedman's inexplicable presence on the nation's most valuable op-ed space, inexplicably best-selling books, all-too-explicable ubiquitous TV presence will vanish entirely! It's that kind...
LT comments in the thread earlier today that (s)he can see some relevance of animals to the abortion debate. And I can actually see it in one narrow context. In.
Shorter Neocon:I used to consider myself a Democrat, but thanks to 9-11, I'm outraged by John Kerry's 1971 appearance on the Dick Cavett show.In the comments, I'm advised to brush.
Was lucky enough to get a ticket to see the New Pornographers last night. Even better, the rockcrit friend who got me the ticket had heard that Neko wouldn't be appearing, but she turned out to be there, a pleasant surprise. (No Dan, though.) She had...
I suppose it's comforting to see the President continues to know fuck-all about the American war in Vietnam.On Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri, Bush will tell members of the Veterans.
Long-time readers of LGM will remember our first major troll, who during debates about abortion would start babbling about bald eagles. I thought this was a true innovation, but similar.