Much of the blogosphere is astir with discussion of the Israeli strike into Syria. Initial speculation suggested that the attack targeted a Syrian weapons shipment to Hezbollah. According to this Times article, the strike was directed at a cache of nuclear materials that had recently been...
Jack Balkin on Michael Drake's feeble defense of his decision to fire Erwin Chemerinsky for transparently political reasons:Nothing Drake says sheds much light on why it would be reasonable for.
Shorter Treason-in-Defense-of Slavery Yankee, 29 August 2007:Although I am still firmly committed to the war in Iraq -- no matter how expensive or fruitless the effort may be -- I.
I knew I should have left for the grocery store 30 seconds ago. . . . update [from d]: On a somewhat similar note, I knew I should have drowned myself in the toilet when I had the chance. Terry Francona, you are an idiot. Curt...
I came across this while doing some actual work. Here's a jaw-softening moment from April 2003:Mr. Brokaw. Can you imagine being FDR and running World War II all those years--Truman,.
Seriously, how many times can they pull the football away from David Broder before he figures out the scam? (The answer, of course, is "an infinite number.") However, from this.
The Hashemite dynasty traces its lineage to the prophet Muhammed's grandfather, and in particular to Muhammed's daughter Fatima. The Hashemite played a prominent role in early Islamic politics, and from the 13th century on held the title of Sherif (or Emir) of Mecca. The Hashemite accepted...
I saw Charles Ferguson's documentary "No End in Sight" last night. Here's a clip: The film, unlike many other documentaries that have been made about Iraq, focuses not on the.
I'm still inclined to think that Bush wants a fight, but there seems to be some chance that he'll go for the more confirmable Michael Mukasey. Jeralyn, persuasively, sees him.
Speaking of disciples of Ayn Rand:AMERICA’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil.In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of...
Thoughts on today's games:Look on the bright side, Irish fans; at least Notre Dame won't suffer an embarrassing defeat in a BCS bowl this year.My efforts to watch the Oregon-Fresno.
About halfway through college, I concluded that pretty much anyone who recommended The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged was probably crackers. My first direct experience with Ayn Rand's prose came when.