Atrios notes something puzzling about the latest Cook poll on Democratic presidential candidates:More interesting in the poll results is the fact that Obama/Edwardssupporters don't seem inclined to support the other one. Clinton is a popular2nd choice as well as 1st one, and when Obama or Edwards...
Pancreatic cancer snuffs about 33,000 Americans each year; with any luck, the 6-10 hours of surgery my father is enduring today in Charlottesville, Virginia, will keep him from adding to.
Admittedly, it's hard to be much more of a staunch feminist than Glenn Reynolds, with his innovative program of no voluntary headscarves abroad and state coercion to get the head.
In honor of Treason-in-Defense-of-Slavery Heritage Month, Tuesday Forgotten American Blogging at Alterdestiny focused this week on Henry Wirz, commandant of Andersonville.Stay tuned for additional TIDOS Heritage Month activities, including a review of Nicholas Lemann's Redemption.
Tom makes a good point; over the last Friedman Unit, US casualties in Iraq have been really, really bad. The increase preceded the Surge, but the Surge hasn't had any.
On to the Senior Circuit, listed in predicted orders of finish that can be taken straight to your local bookie, wildcard asterisked. AL here.NL EAST: NYM ATL (*) PHI FLA.
Charles Johnson et al. crying "Dhimittude!!!ONE!#W!" over Nancy Pelosi wearing a headscarf is, of course, just straightforward bigotry; apparently, we're expected to believe that Muslims are so subhuman that showing respect to any component of their religious rituals is beyond the pale. (If you're a Democrat,...
Appalling. At times like this, it always seems worth returning to the Mighty Reason Man's summary of Instapundit:HERE'S AN INTERESTING POST by a guy named Steve from Des Moines. He.
Allright, time for some picks (teams listed in order of finish, * wildcard):AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL, TB I hate to tell you this, but I think the Yankees.
Call me shallow and Althousian, but I really think John McCain should try to find some new friends for his MySpace page. Behold:Woody: "i belive that the way the democrates are going is going to hurt the troops by dening them the equipment they need to...
Huh.Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he.
Yglesias finds Rudy Giuliani asserting an "inherent authority" to fund troops without Congressional appropriations. Evidently, it would be difficult to find a claim made by a mainstream candidate more transparently.