Some stuff to link to before it slips through the cracks:Erik Loomis talks water policy.Galrahn goes meta.Trend dwells a bit on FARC.David Axe thinks about the Iraqi Navy.Jason Sigger notes that Chuckie Dunlap continues to bring the crazy.PTJ pays too much attention to American Power.MSS ruminates...
Shorter Bush administration: "Indirectly punishing partisan opponents is more important than effectively opposing terrorism." (Via Atrios.)
Press release this morning from the McCain campaign:For Immediate ReleaseContact: Press OfficeMonday, July 28, 2008703-650-5550ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, Chief Warrant Officer (4th class) Michael J. Durant (Ret.) issued the following.
Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin discuss the news value of the National Enquirer story about John Edwards's alleged affair. Both score some points. I guess that in a world where Maureen Dowd can win a Pulitzer Prize it's hard to dispute that under existing standards "it...
Shorter John McCain: "Economists don't understand that a gas tax holiday will work to significantly reduce gas prices because I'm going to have oil companies sit down and tell them.
For those who think that the threat John McCain poses to American women is the anti-Roe median vote he would try to put on the Supreme Court, Kate Sheppard and.
From Marc Lynch's summary of a US Institute for Peace panel he attended last week.:Finally, Kim Kagan shocked me with a comment made forcefully, twice, once towards the end of her prepared remarks and again at the opening of her closing remarks: the future of Iraq...
Self-Styled Siren on Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (and the number of great movies still unavailable on Region 1 DVD).Michael Wood on David Lean. Glen Kenney on Bresson. David Edelstein.
The formerly significant gap in math SAT scores between men and women has essentially been erased.
While engaging in quasi-fascist workout regimen on foreign soil.Via the Straight Talk Express.
This is a fantastic piece of performance art:What I love best about No Quarter is the smart, lively debate about issues of critical concern, the colorful and flamboyant language that.
It's hard out there for a salmon. Better luck next time, my friend.