Sorry for the light blogging; I am furiously rushing to finish a couple of syllabi that I should have finished weeks ago. The problem with winter break is that it ends...
I'm always up for some Strunk & White bashing. [Via U.O.]
The House of Savoy is one of the oldest noble families in Europe. In 1003, Humbert the White Handed was made Count of Savoy, a mountainous region along the modern.
One reason I like football somewhat less than hockey or baseball is that I've never been a really big fan of any team. This playoff game, however, is my Maximum Rooting Interest--the team I'd most like to win the Super Bowl against the time I'd least...
Lord Saletan:The political fight over animal cloning is just beginning. It's a lot like the fight over human cloning, except that the roles are reversed. Right-wing groups and Republican senators.
That's a nice unbeaten streak you've got there, Bruins. It'd be a shame if somebody came along and broke it.
The Ole Perfesser is still implying that we haven't initiated regime change in Iran because of their secret trove of nuclear weapons. Because if the Iraq War proves anything, it's that there's no possible downside to razing a government and baselessly hoping that a stable pro-American...
Pretty old, but check out this Defense Tech post (and linked article) about Iranian efforts to keep the F-14s purchased by the Shah flying. It looks as if, contrary to.
One of the most striking things about my recently departed friend Henry was her lack of basic cat skills. At no point in her eight odd years that I can.
Yglesias [lighlty edited]:The article comes to me via Martin Peretz, whose status as a cosignatory of the [Euston] Manifesto proudly demonstrates what a hollow farce it is to present the document as some kind of left position.What's really irritating about the column--besides trying to pretend that...
Light posting from me will continue for a couple of days as my vacation wraps up; it has involved more success at acquiring hockey tickets than anticipated, with more predictable.
Sweet.BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Interior Ministry acknowledged Thursday that an Iraqi police officer whose existence had been denied by the Iraqis and the U.S. military is in fact an active.