Good post by Daou.
Wow--Todd Zywicki called P.Z. Myers a "Lysenkoist" because he was arguing against Scott Adams' ID apologism. And apparently the basis for this charge is...P.Z.'s critical remarks about the pseudo-science of.
With this mention in the Kentucky Kernel, I'd like to think that my reputation as a public intellectual is secured. Look out, Christopher Hitchens.For the record, I seem to recall.
Budding Sinologist has put together an excellent post on Chinese ballistic missiles and their presumed effect on Taiwanese resistance. Long story short, it is extremely unlikely that China could defeat Taiwan through a ballistic missile attack alone. Simply put, the combined warhead capacity of 467 CSS-6...
Armchair Generalist has had an outstanding series of posts on the use of white phosporous munitions in Iraq. I tend to concur that this isn't much of a story; WP.
jonst poses a good question, one that echoes other arguments made about the Iraqi insurgency:I would argue there is nothing in Iraq's history...at least since the fall of Ottoman Empire,.
I've noted several times that according to many conservatives apparently the gravest insult of Samuel Alito is to point out that he agrees with them. Dahlia Lithwick has the finest distillation of this pathetic phenomenon that I've seen yet:So, here we have a lawyer putting forth...
Last weekend I intended to see Capote, but the E train was running roughly once every two hours, and always wary of being tempted by the Krispy Kreme across the.
Yeah, I know, it's my fault for watching. But it's painful to think what The Simpsons would have done with the California recall at its peak. As opposed to now,.
Mickey went for a few days without saying anything staggeringly stupid. Then he decided he needed to make up for it:Murtha has now established exactly the worst context for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. By making his (understandable) teary concern about the injuries to our soldiers...
Kudos to the Fresno State Bulldogs, who fought one hell of a fight against USC. They went in to the lair of the finest team in college football and very.
Gun caliber was a big deal in battleship construction. A ship carrying 8 16" guns may have the same weight of broadside as one carrying 12 14" guns, but the.