Good one. Although, in fairness, the Man of More Rubble and Less Trouble was a pioneer of the Hope-Is-Too-A-Plan strategy.
As Bjork once put it, "You blow a fuse . . ."
Shorter Verbatim Glenn Reynolds: "Nor do I think that high-profile diplomacy is an appropriate response. We should be responding quietly, killing radical mullahs and Iranian atomic scientists." Killing Iranian religious.
The Times has the details on the deal. Essentially, the US and the five party group will be trading electricity, fuel oil, food, and some diplomatic goodies for a verifiable freeze on North Korea's nuclear program. The freeze won't be wholly verifiable, but the agreement will...
Most of you probably think you don't need to read another evisceration of the buffoon Joe Klein, and you're almost certainly correct. Still, if you're in the mood, you could.
If you're going to drop in on a post about Joseph McCarthy (among other unsavory people), don't scold your audience for not mentioning the "Soviet archives" called the "Verona" cables.
Today I participated in a conference call with Ken Cohen, vice-president of PR at ExxonMobil. Also present were Erik Loomis from Alterdestiny, Mark Nikolas from Bluegrass Report, Matt Stoller from MyDD, and Julie Marsh from The Parental is Political. Matt and Erik have already given their...
In addition to an article on the Iranian IEDs on Friday, and an article on the aluminum tubes in 2002, Michael Gordon co-wrote Cobra II, which condemened the administration's war.
Remarkable. Via Jay.
I have a post up at TAPPED about Portugal's coming liberalization of its draconian abortion laws. I wanted to pick out another excerpt from the genuinely terrific Times article about the referendum:The current law in Portugal, passed in 1984, allows abortion until the 12th week of...
My thoughts...I am displeased by the depiction of Marcus Agrippa. The Moltke to Octavian's Bismarck is portrayed as a stammering schoolboy, and he looks like a damn hobbit. Octavian wasn't.
So the updated FAQ caused someone to demand some more Zevon blogging. And, what do you know--via the mighty TBogg, considered "somewhat popular" by at least 2 out every 3.