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Syria and chemical weapons attacks: “Just trust us,” says everybody. 27 Aug 2013 | 09:13 am
Today, as covered by nearly everyone, Secretary of State John Kerry said: “The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a...
Syria: Assad’s empty gestures, empty threats 26 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
Though it’s not certain Syrian President Assad was responsible for what looks like chemical-weapons attacks, his behavior seldom fails to disturb. Syrian President Assad insists that the apparent chem...
American mobility: all the places I’ve lived – 2013 update 25 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
If you’ve been around awhile, then yes, you have seen this item before. It originally posted on Jan. 25, 2008 and was updated on April 19, 2010 and again in May 2011. Unfortunately, I tend to move a l...
National Review’s new motion to dismiss Mann’s defamation lawsuit contains false claims 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Michael Mann's defamation lawsuit is proceeding to the discovery phase and the easily disproved false claims in the National Review's and Mark Steyn's latest motions to dismiss are unconvincing.
Replace Brady with Tebow before it’s too late 23 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Last night, for the first time this year, the Patriots played without Tim Tebow. For the first time this year, they lost. No, they didn’t lose. They got pounded, 40-9. Humilated. Embarrassed. Noogied....
Prediction: President Obama announces NSA panel on… 23 Aug 2013 | 09:33 am
If you caught my article about President Obama’s picks for the NSA review panel somewhere in the last 24 hours, or if you’ve spotted other posts on the subject elsewhere (a mixed bag, that), you might...
Wordsday: The lessons of history… 22 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
First, an apology. It’s been a month since my last review (and that was a “sub” as I have used a few times when time/circumstance have slowed my reading and prevented me from moving forward with the 2...
If true, does Assad really think WMD use is okay with Russia? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:36 pm
Syria President Assad seems intent on doing everything he can to alienate his allies and make us sympathetic to his often brutal opposition. Calls for intervention are rearing their ugly head again in...
Obama’s picks for “outsider” NSA review — looks like the fix is in 22 Aug 2013 | 10:53 am
This just in via ABC News blogger Mike Levine: White House Picks Panel to Review NSA Programs I don’t know whether ABC’s Mike Levine just rubber-stamped brief bios of the panel picks or if there were ...
Slate’s gerrymandering puzzles 21 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Chris Kirk of Slate published six puzzles that graphically demonstrate just how badly some states' Congressional districts are gerrymandered to guarantee Congressional majorities and protect existing ...
