Gameshow kingpin Merv Griffin is no more. An odd guy by any standard, Griffin was a right wing nut who introduced Nancy Reagan to his psychic. His very name, however, inspired one of the great moments in comic book dada, so I think he broke even...
The foreign policy stylings of George W. Bush:But that skepticism had never taken hold in Washington. Since the 2001 war, American intelligence agencies had reported that the Taliban were so.
In 1806, a 36 year old Albanian man named Muhammed Ali was appointed Viceroy of Egypt. The son of a tobacco merchant, Muhammed had distinguished himself as an officer in.
Hey, Robert Mugabe likes the American move towards arbitrary executive power just fine!
See Lauren and Jane Hamsher. Obviously, it's a tough line to walk when you try to discuss the legitimate issue of the underrepresentation of women in the blogopshere without slighting.
More evidence of Bush's "great neo-conservative mind" in action:On April 17 [2002], Mr. Bush traveled to the Virginia Military Institute, where Gen. George C. Marshall trained a century ago. “Marshall.
Prove me wrong!There seems to be some dissension about my claim that the Yankees will win the wildcard. And while "mortal lock" is obviously hyperbolic (if the Mariners can have a better record for 110 games the Indians are certainly capable of having a better record...
Martin and Audrey, June 2007.And since I have an odd, unproductive interest in old books about cats, here's an interesting piece of commentary from Helen M. Winslow's Concerning Cats (1900):Although.
It appears that the wreck of HMAS Sydney has been discovered. The 66-year search for the wreck of HMAS Sydney, on which 645 Australians lost their lives, is almost certainly.
Given that I've given up on the idea of prison as rehabilitative, what does it mean when someone actually is rehabilitated in prison? That's my takeaway after reading yesterday's NY Times article about Donnie Andrews and Fran Boyd, he a former felon who served 17 years...
A classic example [via MY] of foreign-policy-writer-who-would-be-wholly-discredited-in-any-rational-universe Kenneth Pollack expressing optimism about Iraq by carefully evading the substantive issue:Do you find the electric power is on more continuously?We found there.
Last night was the first ever presidential debate focused on LGBTQ issues. Dems and Republicans were both invited. Unsurprisingly, none of the Republican candidates attended. Bill Richardson didn't win any.