By Nov 04,2008

Vageterianism

A favorite Pakistani lunch venue in Washington has a misspelling on its menu that never fails to make me laugh: Maybe it’s just their way of competing with the strip...

By Nov 04,2008

Election Day

Between work and paying my poll tax,* I’ll be pretty busy today. Quick prediction: big Obama win, in the 330-350 electoral vote range. We’ll know by 8 or so whether...

By Nov 03,2008

Obamuad’dib

Via Ansible: Michael Chabon explains the mood of the US Democratic National Convention in easy-to-understand terms as ‘like the change that might occur between the first and second volumes of...

By Nov 03,2008

Torpedoing the Right

Jacob makes some fair points again in the comments below. The Right has always had and, godwilling, always will have the advantage over the Left in the freedom to dissent...

By Nov 03,2008

Apparently, Syria gave the OK

The London Times has the most detailed write up of the raid into Syria that netted us Abu Ghadiya, a write up that includes this little nugget: According to one...