Great, non-baseball thread at USS Mariner. Make sure to read the comments as well, in particular for a discussion of how an eighty foot tall robot can transform himself into a handgun. Here is how the thread begins: I always thought Megatron and Shockwave were ridiculously...
Author: Robert Farley
So long to a few of the remaining vestiges of democracy in Russia: He said he would propose legislation abolishing the election of local governors by popular vote. Instead, they.
My admiration for Ezra Klein has significantly increased, even if the punk is nine years younger than I and has a vastly more popular blog than I ever will: Unfortunately, I.
Paperwight on postmodern Republicans: The central insights of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove (and, I suspect, most of the right wing machine) into the manipulation of the political process are twofold: 1. Act as if there are no facts. There are simply things that people...
Recently finished reading Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton. I unreservedly recommend it to just about anyone interested in the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution. Chernow is clearly sympathetic to Hamilton in.
I think that Ezra Klein has it right, and Elbert Ventura quite wrong, on Hero, the new film from Zhang Yimou. If you haven't seen it, go now. The Ventura review contains several.
From the BBC, via Matt Duss: Rock band Queen, fronted by gay icon Freddie Mercury, has become the first rock act to receive an official seal of approval in Iran. Mercury, who died in 1991, was proud of his Iranian ancestry, and illegal bootleg albums and singles...
We passed the 1000th Iraqi casualty today, but that's not really all that important. I, and I think most Americans, are willing to accept casualties in the service of a.
Atrios reminds me of something I occasionally forget; that Andrew Sullivan is pond scum: Sullivan was literally concerned that the "decadent Left" was plotting treason against the country, desiring to.
Redbeard's got himself a damn fine post this morning: Have you not heard of that comedian who spliced together news footage and cried "Whither is truth?" As many media figures shared his timeslot, he provoked much laughter. Was it spun? asked one. Was it drowned...
For those who have never read it, the Toledo Blade series on "Tiger Force" describes the activities of a U.S. Army unit in Vietnam in 1967. The unit perpetrated several.
At least of the major political parties in the United Kingdom. Apparently, 10 Downing is quietly cheering for a Kerry victory. Much of the rest of the party is not-so-quietly cheering:.