I suppose I should make some substantive comment...I don't think that the North Korean test is significant in military terms. We knew (or suspected so strongly that we had to plan as if we knew) that the North Koreans had built atomic bombs. That they would...
I have a piece at TAPPED on Mark Graber's new book up (it's sort of a prequel to this post, which I will have a follow-up on later.) The biggest.
An excellent article in the NYT today--apparently the first of a series--about the proliferation of special legal exemptions for religious organizations. First of all, there are some hilarious examples of.
It looks as if the test has been conducted. As far as I can tell, the world hasn't ended. North Korea has one fewer nuke than it had yesterday.
Be sure to read the tale of Luis Posada Carriles, the one terrorist suspect that the Bush administration refuses to send to Cuba. The reason? Posada murdered 73 Cubans by.
This mixed review of the weakly rated but for the most part critically revered Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip reminds me why I won't be watching it:Still, given that.
A few wrap-up notes on a gratifying outcome I, at least, didn't foresee: I don't actually agree with Rob about Torre's apparently imminent firing. I'll argue about this again if/when it's official, but Torre was not so much a great manager as a manager who was...
Watching (briefly) the Ducks getting the stuffing stomped out of them led me to seek refuge in thoughts of 1994, when Oregon went to its first Rose Bowl in thirty.
I've been at Tall Stacks, a semi-annual music and steamboat festival in Cincinnati, for two of the last three days. Saw Peter Rowan, Junior Brown, Del McCoury, Rhett Miller and.
The Treaty of Versailles limited the German navy to vessels of 10000 tons or less. The intention was to prevent Germany from constructing any ships larger than coastal defense vessels, although the letter of the Treaty allowed Germany to build ships as large as Washington Treaty...
Oh, yeah. If the Flames hold on to beat the Oilers, it will pretty much be the ideal sports day.Now, all I can say is: Go Cards...
...batting eighth. Honestly, I don't know what the hell Torre is doing; the only reason to do this is to take the pressure off, but it seems likely that this.