Marginal Revolution leads me to this article: "The credit ratings of most rich industrialised countries will come under intense pressure from borrowing to fund age-related expenditure, unless the countries take… Read more »
Eric Olsen writes this mouthful: "I only care what justifications the twisted mass murderers of innocents and civilians make in terms of how they facilitate intelligence gathering and predicting their… Read more »
It’s floating around the Internet, but I had to make sure it wasn’t a joke and recounted. There are indeed 911 days (2 1/2 years) between 9/11/01 and 03/11/04. Considering… Read more »
Andrew Sullivan: Dream-Tickets: Dean-Clark vs. Bush-Rice? "It would also make for a fascinating race: Dean-Clark versus Bush-Rice. An evenly matched contest of argument, culture, and personality. You may say I’m… Read more »
NYT: Europe’s Antipiracy Proposal Draws Criticism "One of the world’s largest record companies is owned by Vivendi Universal, a French conglomerate whose chief executive is Ms. Fourtou‘s husband, Jean-Ren
The Atlantic Monthly: "Mark Bowden, the author of "The Dark Art of Interrogation," on why the practice of coercion is a necessary evil". Interesting interview. I’m especially in agreement with… Read more »
I just posted a story about the EU’s pretense at collecting VAT from foreign sites that sell digital goods and services, which somehow led me to the dissident frogman, to… Read more »
How surprising to see the same old extreme leftists (I saw CNT black and red flags again, like in April last year) demonstrating against the "imperialistic war." Thanks for protecting… Read more »
NYT: "Why replace France with India? Because India is the world’s biggest democracy, the world’s largest Hindu nation and the world’s second-largest Muslim nation, and, quite frankly, India is just… Read more »
Steven Den Beste and Mark Steyn think France is playing real politik with whatever few cards it has in hands. Hmm, maybe. Don’t suspect malice where there is only stupidity… Read more »