Twain, 1904 or 1905:O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks...
This is kind of interesting; I open up Fox News and find a front page article on a threatening new Russian ICBM that's apparently capable of defeating any US missile.
I've been meaning to comment on the odious comments of MeMe Roth (see Lindsay and zuzu), but Professor B. beats me to it, cutting to the heart of the issue:This.
Having been persuaded by several recent arguments that mocking the earnest and well-meaning artists of the world only hurts America's youth, I can only imagine what a post like this might do to atomize the souls of aspiring poets and songwriters.Now, I've usually only enjoyed about...
As Ruth Bader Ginsburg notes, the evidence of gender discrimination in the case of Ledbetter v. Goodyear, decided today by the Supreme Court, is unambiguous:Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at.
Estonia has been under assault: When Estonian authorities began removing a bronze statue of a World War II-era Soviet soldier from a park in this bustling Baltic seaport last month,.
There's been some good Falklands blogging around the interweb-tubes of late.Alex at Yorkshire Ranter has been doing some bang-up work:Myth 1: Command?Myth 2: Maggie?Myth 3: Imperialism?Myth 4: Friends in High Places?Dan Hardie has a piece on the "Unlearned Lessons" of the Falklands WarWarship: International Fleet Review...
I understand that it's politically difficult to institute the kinds of policies--most importantly energy taxes--that would be necessary to substantially reduce carbon emissions. But one good first step would be.
General J.C. Christian kindly consoles Ace O. Spades, heterosexual, over the latest humiliation of the wingnutosphere's Junior Detective division:I see Greenwald is doing it to you again, and frankly, I'm.
Rudy Giuliani, the twice-divorced ex-mayor and erstwhile drag queen of New York City, celebrates his 63rd birthday today as he marches onward in his quest to become the nation's chief authoritarian. As President of the United States, Giuliani would likely go farther than any of his...
Christy on Memorial Day, with many suggestions of what you can do to help.
Reihan Salam explains the wrongthink of...Fletch. Disappointingly, he doesn't also discuss how Spies Like Us failed because of its traitorous attacks on American military values, and how Cops and Robbersons.