The 2007 Tourney Challenge has resolved itself into a head-to-head conflict between J. Mackin and J. James. If the Buckeyes of Ohio State defeat the Florida Gators tomorrow, J. Mackin takes home the LGM Certificate of Championship-ness, suitable for framing. If Florida prevails, J. James wins...
The modern state of Jammu was created in 1820 by Rajit Singh, Maharajah of a Sikh kingdom in Punjab. A kingdom had existed in Jammu since ancient times, as in.
It may be that a week of sunshine and sloth have lulled my brain into a Vitamin D and tequila-drenched stupor, but my initial response to this is "big deal.".
I've always thought skipping the 13th floor (although calling it "12A" rather than skipping it is a new one on me) has always been among the starkest evidence about the number of extremely stupid and irrational people a country has. I'm still not sure if it's...
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson and Starbuck
The anti-contraception wingnut appointed to oversee the nation's birth control policy has resigned. Lots of interesting stuff at the link about Keroack's rather fishy medical practice. Also, there's a good.
It is quite remarkable how obsessed Chris Matthews, remains with Bill Clinton's sex life. (Why the adultery of Hillary Clinton's husband is a major campaign issue while we can be free to swoon over Republican adulterers, some of whom actively humiliate their exes, remains unclear. Although...
In a March 3 American Prospect article, Charles Taylor did a fine job of debunking the myth of Clint Eastwood. As Scott has noted, while Eastwood is a talented filmmaker,.
Fred Thompson scares me in the general more than Matt if he could secure the nomination. (I think Giuliani is a poor general election candidate -- he largely takes social.
Via Drum, this seems quite likely right to me:The Revolutionary Guard may also have hoped to sabotage diplomatic negotiations over the nuclear issue. U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said several weeks ago that the United States was getting "pinged all over the world" by Iranian...
According to Jane's Defence Weekly, the airstrike that the Tamil Tigers launched against a government airfield is the first air attack by a non-state armed group. Is that true? I.
Victor Davis Hanson feels the wrath. Given how VD Hanson interprets Herodotus and Thucydides, what must he have taught the fine undergraduates of the Classics Department at Fresno State University?