At some point in my life, I was mildly amused by some scenes in a National Lampoon movie, the one with Chevy Chase. I can't speak for most of their releases, except to say that they look pretty bad. Still, the previews for the new one...
This little item from Kos is interesting, and gives me an excuse to relate a dream I recently. In the dream, I was lazing about the house one morning, and.
Circumstantial evidence suggests that The Ethicist(tm) might be listening to my advice (or Paperwight). Still, I'm not in the mood to be terribly magnanimous. The first two "corrections" offered this week deal with.
Kos asks if he has no shame. The answer is clearly no, but the more interesting question is has he ever looked at voting demographics in this country?
Apparently we've decided that Cuba doesn't have an offensive bio-weapon program. Considering that they've been sitting off the coast of Florida for forty-three years and haven't attacked yet, I'm not convinced.
Laura Rozen excerpts a Salon interview with Sy Hersh: Jacoby: Is there someone who is the Henry Kissinger in this administration? Hersh: Oh, believe me, I pray for one [clasps.
Fred Kaplan has a characteristically excellent column about the technical difficulties presented by the current missile defense system. For those who haven't had the chance, read Kaplan's Wizards of Armageddon. It's a very good history of the first couple generations of nuclear strategists. Don't quite know what to...
I had no idea about this, which I find fascinating. If I'm ever called upon to teach American political development/history and the 1896 election comes up, you can bet this'll be.
The fine people at Fox News were kind enough to broadcast Kerry's Iraq speech at NYU this morning, live and uninterupted. I've been surfing around looking for a transcript, or.
Much as I hate to admit it, I think the Florida Supreme Court was correct in its 6-1 ruling to allow Ralph Nader on the ballot. When laws are ambiguous, it seems reasonable to interpret them in ways that increase access to the ballot. What should be...
Lindsay Beyerstein has a good review of Thomas Frank's new book. I do think, however, that her punchline underemphasizes the most important part of Frank's argument: Short answer: the habit.
You're all familiar with the classic hack circle-jerk, such as Glenn Reynolds fulsomely praising the wit and widsom displayed by Mickey Kaus on The Dennis Miller Show Starring Rupert Pupkin, thus.