Spending money on potentially life-saving research, with "overwhelming public support; bi-partisan backing in both chambers of Congress; the demands of medical researchers who are tired of watching the United States fall further and further behind; intense pressure from Nancy Reagan [and] the fact that congressional Democrats...
Chris Muir (who either--my bet--hasn't read a word of, or utterly fails to understand, Kant) essays some pretension for the wingnut masses, and flops embarrassingly. More so than usual, I.
...in June alone.Predicted wingnut reactions:1. Still better than Saddam (which is true, if you wildly inflate estimate of the death toll under Saddam).2. It's the fault of Iran (these are.
The way in which Google Ads changes to reflect page content is always kind of fun to follow. The last couple days, presumably in response to several Israel-centric posts, we seem to be getting large numbers of ads for dating sites featuring "Single Jewish Women". This...
Good God man, haven't you done enough to humiliate this country? Will it ever end? (As Lindsay says, "Every woman will recognize the guy who sidles up and starts "casually".
On a subject completely unrelated to Israel and Lebanon...I didn't care for the National World War II Memorial, and I'm a big fan of World War II. One commenter suggested.
The little weather box on the top right of the front page of the Times said that today's climate was "oppressive," whereas tomorrow will be "stifling." I was somewhat puzzled by this, given that tomorrow projects as even hotter, but a third party made a strong...
Dan has a nice run down of what's going on in the other two Middle East conflicts.
I have to concur with Matt; the destruction of Lebanese infrastructure cannot be seen as a proportional response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. I like Israeli soldiers as much.
I think Matt is essentially right here with respect to some critics of the Mearsheimer/Walt article:Last, but certainly not least, is this: "We can -- and should -- debate the roll of ethnic groups in American politics, the nature of the US-Israel relationship, and just about...
I wrote recently about states who (with the support, natch, of inexplicable NARAL endorsee Joe Lieberman) allow people to buy anti-choice license plates, with the proceeds going to nearly worthless.
Restating what should be some obvious points...Israel has clear conventional superiority of Hezbollah and Lebanon, and can obviously do a lot of damage. However, the idea that Israel can destroy.