Peter Rodman and William Shawcross had an op-ed in the New York Times on Thursday that was staggeringly mendacious even for neo-conservatives. First, we have the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer defense, which in this case amounts to a "I am but a simple dirty hippie, and yet...
John Holbo links to the dispute between Scott Kaufman and a commenter at Jesus' General. Long story short, a disagreement in comments at JG escalated into a full broadside denunciation.
[Pretty much all interesting discussion of good TV or movies is going to include spoilers.]The last episode was excellent. It was very well -structured, the typical day-in-the-life rhythm of the.
This doesn't make a goddamned bit of sense:You know, if we had been firm in 1979, [Iran] wouldn't think they could get away with these kinds of threats. If we responded firmly now, we'd get less of that in the future.But we probably won't, because our...
Let the interpretations begin...I'm simultaneously gratified and disappointed that Chase didn't provide for a neat, unambiguous ending....actually, I'm going to declare the ending sequence brilliant.
I'll refrain from guessing how the Soprano's will end; we'll find out soon enough. Spoilers ahead:The return to relevance of Melfi might be the greatest accomplishment of the second half.
Joltin' Joe Lieberman:"I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq," Mr. Lieberman said in an interview on the CBS News program "Face the Nation."This could be achieved mostly with air attacks,...
In the late thirteenth century, the son of the slave of an Abyssinian cheiftain deposed the last king of the Zagwe dynasty and married the king's daughter. Yekuno Amlak claimed.
Via Hilzoy, it's the philolsophers Flickr pool. My favorite: I'm working on some lol-wingnuts, because I apparently have nothing better -- or non-derivative -- to do with my day.
Renewable in perpetuity.
Shorter Ann Althouse: "What's the deal with you flighty "pro-sex" feminists? First, you believe that patriarchal repression of female sexuality is bad. Then you object if someone engages in creepy.
Just as warbloggers and other apologists predicted, Middle East dictators walk with shaky knees! Democracy, whiskey, sexy! And surely the installation of an Islamist quasi-state under indefenite American occupation will.