When he's not buying Thai prostitutes, Nick Kristof occasionally gets one right.But if the Bush administration had just adopted the policies that Colin Powell initially pushed for - and that Mr. Bush largely came to accept several years later - then this mess could probably have...
Seattle area readers,There will be a free screening of the Fog of War tomorrow from 6-9pm at the HUB Auditorium, under the auspices of Pi Sigma Alpha, UW's Political Science.
Final exam questions at Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring.I scored 7/10 on the True-False, 3/4 on the Make the Call, and 3/4 on the Fair or Foul.UPDATE: Fair or.
Can someone explain to me how Dennis Miller can stay on the air with these ratings? Wait, let me guess. Anyway, I suppose his Daily Show appearance was a futile attempt to save this Quinn-level train wreck. The thing is, as the appearance showed he is...
Dave Noon takes the lead!Axis of Evel Knievel, Dave Noon: 803Discipline and Punish, Scott Lemieux: 795Swinging at Space, Kirk Jepsen: 765The Spot, Dave Watkins: 762New Mexico Alterdestiny, Erik Loomis: 746Oregon.
Norbizness offers excerpts from the long-lost draft of theStar Wars Episode 4: Some Guys With Cool Swords Spout New Age Banalities That Would Embarass Deepak Chopra screenplay. For example:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Obi-Wan: The.
Via Mark Kleiman, an interesting interview with the great Bill James. He's in fine form, even his baffling ranting about "professionalization" in the New Historical Abstract makes a modicum of sense in this context, and I enjoy his sniping at "couple of books published in the...
From Belle Waring:Look, my country is better than this. Or this. Just. Stop.I know I’ve related this before on my own blog, but my grandfather was an OSS spy in.
TBogg notes that this blog has long sensed the political zeitgeist. And it ain't that pretty at all...
Kameron Hurely notes that "morning after" contraception will soon be available over the counter in my former home and still native land. Obviously, this is the best way around pharmacist interposition (although as Hurely notes, who knows--maybe cashiers will refuse to ring up sales.) I also...
Via Wolcott.The Venezuelan government has printed one million free copies of Don Quixote to mark the book's 400th anniversary.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged everyone to read Miguel de Cervantes' Spanish.
Jim Henley offers some suggestions for naming new stadia in D.C. and Indianapolis.I would like to add that this is a particular drawback to the NFL salary cap/revenue sharing structure.