Glenn Reynolds has, of course, joined the ranks of glibertarians charging Jessica Valenti with being photographed while having breasts. He links to this post by Dr. Helen, who calls the people who met the President "a support group for gropers." Leaving aside the idiocies of the...
Shorter Ann Althouse: "Having your picture taken next to the President while wearing a T-shirt knit top that makes the fact that one has breasts too evident (thanks to Lindsay.
Desperation.Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior.
The Editors discuss a typically exceptional piece by Dahlia Lithwick, which points to the danger of overly-specific definitions of torture. In his particularly testy press conference today, [more here] President Brags-About-Torture spoke again and again about the need for "clear standards," which makes the truth of...
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Shorter Verbatim Crazy Randian: "Shooting at a Montreal college campus. The cafeteria where the shooting took place is known as "Jew cafe". I am sure there will be a media.
Since the world needs more smart people who think about state and society theory, Matt's post about violence against women in Guatemala reminds me that Angelina Godoy has written a terrific book that contains some fascinating work about the roots of mob violence in Guatemala. Depressingly,...
My knowledge of her career and tenure as Texas Governor is limited, but from what I've heard, she was an impressive politician and person. She's also responsible for one of.
In the credit-where-credit-is-due department, Ed Morrissey points out that discrimination against gays in the military, always bad, is particularly indefensible during times of recruiting shortfalls. This point, in particular, isn't.
Although the show (natch) declines any responsibility, a woman whose daughter was recently abducted committed suicide after being cross-examined on Nancy Grace's screamfest. Weigel reminds us of this excellent TNR story about Grace:Alas, sometimes her confidence is misplaced. In 2001, Grace was outspoken in her suspicion...
Moron whose name escapes me on ESPN:The problem with the Tigers is that they strikeout too much. They need to start manufacturing runs. Look at tonight.Tonight they lost 11-3. That's.
BBC:Communist leaders across the world are not keen on retirement, and veteran Indian Marxist Jyoti Basu is being told by comrades not to break the tradition.On Wednesday the 93-year-old pleaded.