Ronald Reagan, remarks on US policy in the Persian Gulf, 29 May 1987Now, I will not permit the Middle East to become a chokepoint for freedom or a tinderbox of international conflict. Freedom of navigation is not an empty cliche of international law. It is essential...
Rob usually covers the zombie/robot/monkey beat around here -- while I content myself with vampires, UFOs and the occasional case of therianthropy -- but this is an urgent piece of.
Indexed's Jessica Hagy read my mind:via feministing.
Colbert is on fire here.
NY Governor Patterson has directed that NY will recognize out of state same-sex marriages. It's not totally clear from the NY Times article whether this includes civil unions that are.
John Quiggin, riffing off this Edward Lengel column, suggests that the respective experiences of Europe and the United States in World War I may explain cultural differences on the use.
An outraged California populace has reacted to the Outrageous Judicial Activism of their unaccountable unelected state court. As you remember, the court, with only the support of other unrepresentative and undemocratic institutions such as the state legislature and governor but in the teeth of strong opposition...
To join the latest meme, my first ever concert experience was Men At Work at a sold out Stampede Corral, touring behind their lukewarm hit Cargo. The original opening act:.
Loomis caught Sir Mix-a-Lot in 1988. He seems to think he's pretty cool for having done so. I, however, spent money to see Ratt at the Roanoke (Va.) Civic Center.
I don't know what's worse; Fernando "If 1999 ever comes back, he'll be one of the best third basemen in baseball!" Tatis hitting sixth, or the fact that he seems to have considerably more life in his bat than Delgado (or about 90% of the Mariners'...
George H.W. Bush, speaking at a fundraiser for John McCain, 28 May 1992:I am quietly confident about the election this fall. In sum, I am absolutely convinced as this economy.
Jon Chait makes the first obvious point about Rich Lowry's silly attempt to claim that there's some contradiction between Democratic arguments that ballots that indicated the intent of the voter.