I must concede that I have absolutely no idea who Kit Carson is. (Admittedly, I grew up in Canada--even my details about the Alamo are fuzzy--but Kieran says that's no excuse.) On the other hand, I can take a modicum of pride in the fact that...
A couple of minor caveats regarding Yglesias' discussion of the use of artillery in Iraq:1. There's a risk to taking the "American Way of War" a bit too seriously; the.
USS Phoenix was the fifth of the Brooklyn class, a group of light cruisers designed in response to the Japanese Mogami class and the restrictions imposed by the London Naval.
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"Holy shit" doesn't quite describe this piece in McKristol's Quarterly Concern, wherein the author not only fails to spell Thomas Hobbes' name correctly even once, but also dishes out exactly what one would expect from someone whose oeuvre consists of prose renditions of Rudyard Kipling poems....
I'll grant that the awfulness of today's comic sections was near the top of the list of the topics I liked to engage in dorm-dinner-table rants about (foreshadowing my inevitable.
One of the most frustrating aspects of being a Yankee-hater (or, in other words, a decent human being) is watching Mariano Rivera put up 200 ERA+s every single damned year..
Argh. Is there a bigger waste of 26 hours of TV than ESPN's coverage of the NFL Draft? I mean, Christ, what's wrong with people that they've managed to convince themselves that listening to Mel Kiper and half-a-dozen other idiots blathering on about left tackles for...
He turns 11 years old today. If the intertubes can make a star out of Pam Oshry or Ann Althouse, it can make a star out of a chunky Dutch.
Seriously, can someone make a case that this isn't even worse than what Imus did? As Digby reminds us:Rush is not some misunderstood schlub who just made a few slightly.
From Amie Newman.
Shorter Wingnut: "Poland's homophobic purges and suppression of free speech resistance to the gay agenda inspires me."I've long since stopped being amazed when conservatives -- who ordinarily toe the line.
From Armed Forces Journal, Lt. Colonel Paul Yingling. Apparently, this has been making the rounds inside the USMC. It's surprising and impressive to see an LTC aim the guns at.