Estonia has been under assault: When Estonian authorities began removing a bronze statue of a World War II-era Soviet soldier from a park in this bustling Baltic seaport last month, they expected violent street protests by Estonians of Russian descent.What followed was what some here describe...
There's been some good Falklands blogging around the interweb-tubes of late.Alex at Yorkshire Ranter has been doing some bang-up work:Myth 1: Command?Myth 2: Maggie?Myth 3: Imperialism?Myth 4: Friends in High.
I understand that it's politically difficult to institute the kinds of policies--most importantly energy taxes--that would be necessary to substantially reduce carbon emissions. But one good first step would be.
General J.C. Christian kindly consoles Ace O. Spades, heterosexual, over the latest humiliation of the wingnutosphere's Junior Detective division:I see Greenwald is doing it to you again, and frankly, I'm disgusted by it. I mean, here we have a guy who refuses to answer his nations...
Rudy Giuliani, the twice-divorced ex-mayor and erstwhile drag queen of New York City, celebrates his 63rd birthday today as he marches onward in his quest to become the nation's chief.
Christy on Memorial Day, with many suggestions of what you can do to help.
Reihan Salam explains the wrongthink of...Fletch. Disappointingly, he doesn't also discuss how Spies Like Us failed because of its traitorous attacks on American military values, and how Cops and Robbersons wasn't funny because it was a subtle pre-preemption of Rudy Guliani's candidacy, but hopefully that will...
The death of Andrew Bacevich's son on May 13 in Iraq was heartbreaking news for anyone who's read his work, heard him speak, or (I'm sure) known him. That he.
Huh. I never had this problem:When I was a younger lad man, there was no one around to tell me that Tom Friedman was an utter buffoon. I was in.
HMS Sheffield was the first of the Royal Navy's Type 42 Destroyer, a class designed to supply fleet air defense. Theoretically, the Type 42 destroyers were supposed to protect a new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, but the cancellation of this carrier altered the mission. Displacing 4350...
Shorter Brother-of-Treason-in-Defense-of-Slavery Yankee: "Though not quite as heterosexual as Ace O. Spades, I'm also heterosexual. To prove it, I will now make several jokes about pork."I hate to concede this,.
New Mexico sure looks different than Kentucky:It rained or threatened to rain for ten consecutive days, which I'm told is unusual. In any case, I'm happy to be back, although.