Via Drum:...."The debate in Congress ... has been helpful in demonstrating to the Iraqis that American patience is limited," Gates told Pentagon reporters traveling with him in Jordan. "The strong feelings expressed in the Congress about the timetable probably has had a positive impact ... in...
Defense News:There are roughly 130,000 contractors in Iraq, said [Barry} McCaffrey; about 4,000 of them have been wounded and 600 have been killed, he said.It's unclear whether McCaffrey was talking.
April 17, 1861:An Ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United State of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers.
Glenn Reynolds: "If Bush and Cheney were really evil, they'd both resign and stick the Democrats with a Pelosi Presidency for the next two years. The Democratic Party would never recover." After all, Congress is less popular than Bush.v. reality: "So people like the Democratic congress...
I shall henceforth be known only by my Mafia Nickname, "Knuckles". Via Slate.
I was a little worried when I saw the headline in today's NY Times article: Revolving Door for Addicts Adds to Medicaid Cost. Often when I write about my opposition.
The Wikipedia entry is already quite massive -- around 600 edits today. Scanning the progress on this one is depressing. The original stub began with the announcement of one person.
TBogg's nickname for Bob Owens -- usually known around these parts as Treason-in-Defense-of-Slavery Yankee -- is especially apt today. Gun Counter Gomer believes that Virginia Tech and other college campuses.
To follow up on Matt and Atrios, Radley Balko asks his readers if they've heard of James Giles. Giles, like the three men in the Duke rape case, was falsely accused of rape. Unlike the Duke men, however, he didn't have the money to hire top-flight...
This is horrible....31 so far. How is that even possible?
Charlie Rangel and Jeff Flake had a good op-ed in Saturday's Washington Post about Cuba policy:We should unite around a principle that Democrats and Republicans have long embraced, a principle.