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"Pur-raise Gawd fur vittory!"

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On December 31, 2006
Each time public opinion data is released, disclosing that roughly a third of all Americans continue to believe George W. Bush is doing a fine job, I think to myself, "Who are these people? Where do they spend their days? And when they're alone with...

C.D. Alston Day

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On December 29, 2006
Chris Bray at Historiblogography urges us to celebrate December 29 as C.D. Alston Day, in honor of the Air Force Brigadier General who predicted confidently one year ago that Iraqi insurgents were unlikely to be able to sustain their attacks for much longer. As Bray...

Webster

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On December 29, 2006

Read Loomis' nice essay on Daniel Webster. Webster is among the most forgotten of the forgotten legislative titans of the 19th century, although I think that, outside of Lexington, even.

Cumulative Grievance

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On December 29, 2006
In the Somalia comment section below, Eric Martin writes:Now, do I think that fear of further inflaming Muslim opinion through our actions in the Horn should be our overriding and primary concern? No.And clearly, an action such as the invasion of Iraq is going to...

Scraping

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On December 28, 2006
Eric Martin links to Fred Kaplan's nice illustration of how reduced recruiting standards matter for military performance:The pattern is clear: The higher the score on the aptitude test, the better the performance in the field. This is true for individual soldiers and for units. [...]Smarter...
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