Apparently, all intelligence failures related to the Iraq War are the fault of the CIA. Never mind that the neocons set up an independent intelligence operation in the Pentagon because the CIA estimates were too dovish. Never mind that hawks relentlessly denounced the CIA for furnishing insufficient evidence of...
While I generally have more discipline than Rob and Scott about this sort of thing, I had to take a peek and see how our old friend Mickey Kaus was.
As Scott noted, if the GOP wants to use the evil trial lawyer theme, I say bring it on. Let's actually look at what Edwards did as a trial lawyer,.
Alright, my own votes in the Terry Teachout quiz: 1. Kelly or Astaire? Kelly 2. Gatsby or SOR? Gatsby 3. Basie or Ellington? Duke 4. Cats or Dogs? Pass 5. Matisse or Picasso? Picasso 6. Yeats or Eliot? Eliot 7. Keaton orC haplin? Keaton 8. O'Connor or Updike?...
Always nice to see Rupert Murdoch enterprises look stupid. Actually, they almost always looks stupid if you're paying attention, so I guess I mean it's nice to see them fuck up.
Let me just say that ever since I said to leave Kerry alone and not worry about the VP pick, I've slowly become less and less confident I was right.
The Poorman offers an astute list of Hollywood's worst directors. Definitely a fine collection of choices. My few additions/quibbles: 1)I think his initial instincts were the best. I actually liked Requiem for a Dream, and while Stone is a godawful writer he's a competent enough director. (Although I'm certainly...
Poor Man has a list. It's a good list, most notably because he has Kevin Smith at #1. As the title implies, however, I kind of like Pi and Requiem for.
An interesting post by Ezra Klein mounting some measure of defense for Gephardt. As for the substantive merits of Gephardt, he has a point; I certainly don't have the animus toward.
Matt Yglesias wonders whether Iranian nukes are actually a problem. The question is worth asking. First problem is the question of instability in the Islamic Republic. Iran is more stable than a lot of hawks would like to think, but it has enough problems to raise concerns about...
I really wish the posting date on this was "April 1." If it's correct, I'm beginning to remember why I thought that while Kerry would (with the possible exception of Clark) make.
Matt Yglesias briefly notes a historical lacuna: But if fireworks we are meant to have (and apparently we are) then must they really be accompanied by the 1812 Overture? The.