Kevin Drum explains the reason the immigration bill failed: Frist was obviously reneging on an agreement to stop House goons from stripping anything decent out of compromise legislation in committee. And while I don't entirely agree with her optimistic analogies to 1994, I do think this...
But it's certainly enough to scare me, at any rate...
There's something mind-boggling about the notion that either a) a sustained bombing campaign will topple the regime in Iran, or b) sanctions will force a revolution in Iran. The mind.
Ampersand's post about the ineffectiveness of diets has generated a lot of discussion. Another responder is Jane Galt, who in addition to some sensible points about the non-immutability of weight gain makes this very strange (although common) argument:But it may not be a bad strategy for...
From Unclaimed Territory.
Mickey is afraid that Mexican immigrants are going to rise up and "take back" California.Heh.
Erik on heroin in the Espanola Valley.Redbeard on abortion on Saipan.
Radley Balko has a terrific article about no-knock warrants, which does a particularly good job of outlining the way that the War On (Some Classes of People Who Use Some).
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson and Starbuck
Some new data:The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing federal prosecutors of ethnic bias in a sting last summer in which South Asian owners of convenience stores in Georgia were charged with selling household ingredients that could be used to make methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug.In...
AG has an excellent review of Stephen Biddle's excellent book, Military Power. Read the review, and read the book if you get a chance.AG sums Biddle's argument up as follows:His.
Shorter Jonah Goldberg #1: When you look at moderate liberal publications, you'll find that they don't want revolutionary change. Shorter Jonah Goldberg #2: You don't have to be a brilliant.