Shorter David Brooks: As opposed to someone like John Kerry, who will shamefully try to politicize George Bush's inability to capture Osama bin Laden, I will only use bin Laden to.
Paperwight has a nice post about the inconsistency of the Bush administration on free trade. I know that there are more important questions at the moment, but it's worth noting.
Most people have heard by now of the casualty report in the Lancet, which estimates that around 100000 Iraqi civilians have died during the war. Fred Kaplan does a good job.
Call me an authoritarian if you wish, but I'm not all that opposed to the idea. I'd certainly make the penalty minimal (but not inconsequential) and I'd formalize the non-participant.
You can't blame Saint Ralph for envying the stench of desperation coming from his Republican allies; at least it would be a sign of life. But I think this is overdoing.
Mike Leigh is, without serious question, a major filmmaker. His method of improvising from complex characters to develop a then-fixed shooting script makes his movies feel like nobody else's, he.
Henry at Crooked Timber notices some GOP 527 ads in strange places: One of my colleagues complained to me this morning that her AOL Instant Messenger software had been hijacked by.
Update: I didn't mean to post this as a blank post. Here's what I meant to include: Part 1: From MyDD, we learn of an interesting new segment of the Bush.
- Jasper
- Professional dismisser of threat posed by Trumpism finally discovers an actual threat to democracy
- Meet you at the bottom if there really is one
- The Vetting Process
- Are you a bum, or are you a star?
- The Emperor Has No Clothes!
- Trump really fucked the couch on this one
- Poor Things
- Kagan calls for an actual ethics code
- The Vance Rules