No Surrender

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It's perfectly clear that claims that Wes Clark attacked John McCain's war record or "Swift-Boated" him are entirely bogus. Unlike the attacks on Kerry, Clark did not question the veracity.

Shameless, Fear-Mongering Jagoff of the Day

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Holy Fucking Joe.Whenever election season rolls around, I remind my students that the "Vote for Xor you'll die" meme has been around in the US since at least 1824, when John Quincy Adams the House of Representatives successfully fended off Andrew Jackson's first bid for the...

Parenting Skillz

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Is pretty obvious that writing this article for a national audience makes you kind of a dick, but does this parenting seem likely to accomplish its intended goals? "My twins.

Remarkable Feat

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Last week, my summer class ended the term with a showing of All the President's Men, which prompted one of the students -- who is, unlike me, old enough to remember Watergate with more than a toddler's sophistication -- to remark on how insane it was...

Potemkin PUMAs?

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Amanda finds that the founder of the PUMA PAC's entire history of political contributions consists of...a $500 donation to John McCain. But I'm sure she's rally a die-hard Clinton supporter.

Subway

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I saw my first ever Mets/Yankees game yesterday, and it certainly sucked although my section didn't have the fights that apparently happened in other sections. Especially with the effect of.

One Other Reason the Germany Analogy is Stupid…

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The conquest of Germany and Japan was not, in the largest sense, motivated by the belief that the German and Japanese people needed to be liberated from tyranny. We were happy enough to "liberate" them, but surely the Soviet Union was far more tyrannical than either...

The Midwest

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On June 28, 2008

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I'll be hanging out in various quadrants of the midwest for the next two weeks, so blogging on my end will be mercifully sporadic. I lived for many years in.

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