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 issues of the table, which won't be good for the GOP in a lot of swing...
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.
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?
A really terrific piece by Michael Waldman and Justin Levitt about the GOP's vote fraud fraud. The scam is advanced by the common method of "generalizing from apocryphal anecdotes":Allegations of.
Minstrel Boy channels some kickass Cicero to think about the attorney scandal. From In Verrem:Gentlemen of the court, at this great political crisis there has been offered to you, not.
In addition to explaining the rather obvious problems with the claim that asking a question about the "Jessica Valenti breast controversy" is beyond the pale ("Ann then says that “It was character assassinating to talk about it like that.” Now, maybe I’m slow, but as far...
From Mr. Trend:Viewers of a popular Portuguese television programme have voted dictator Antonio Salazar as "The Greatest Portuguese" by a wide margin, angering many of those who remember his repressive.
Finally saw The Lives of Others a couple weeks back. It's good, although not in the same class as Pan's Labyrinth, and it most certainly didn't deserve to beat the.
I can once again outsource follow-up commentary to Jacob Levy, whose views and experiences are similar to my own (although mine might be more intense since I was there during the last referendum. You might think that teaching Canadian politics would present few challenges other than...
I have no particular desire to revisit the issue, and indeed have every intention of continuing my post-Pelosi-smear policy of ignoring her except for MSM appearances or unusual circumstances such.
Looking at the boxscore, you might think that last night's Flames/Wild game was a throwback to the worst of the early-aughts NHL. But you would be quite wrong. It was.