Consequences

By Oct 28,2008

Consequences

I’d like to belabor this, at least a little, because the difference in our conceptions of how to protect our people is the difference between a foreign policy that works...

By Oct 27,2008

Inelegant solutions

I don’t really want to belabor this, because David and I have very different conceptions of America’s duty to keep her people safe. But we have a situation where the...

By Oct 27,2008

Richard Dawkins, scourge of fun

Richard Dawkins, professional atheist, intends to write a book on the ill effects of Harry Potter on children [Note to self: Fertile ground for an atheist-fundamentalist alliance?]: Looking back to...

By Oct 27,2008

Simple, elegant and wrong

Sonny’s right about the applications of plausible deniability in the war on terrorism. The trouble is that “plausible” part. It’s one thing when a senior Syrian security official gets stabbed...

By Oct 27,2008

Striking Syria

David points out that someone in the military has confirmed that the U.S. struck a site in Syria that appears to have been a safe haven/entry point for terrorists into...

By Oct 26,2008

8 years later

Ordinarily, this would fall flat on its face, but these guys have accomplished a rare feat: repeating history first as farce, and second as tragedy: