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I Guess the Debate is Over 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
Secretary of State John Kerry certainly spoke with appropriate moral authority about the chemical attacks in Syria, but he didn't answer any of my questions. He didn't explain any theory of why the Sy...
My Daughter Will Save the World 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
Today, my wife and I left Worcester, Mass. without the most precious asset we created for our country. Our daughter. She's 18 years old. She's gorgeous and smart: She's always the loudest person i...
Know When to Fold 'Em 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
I have so little patience with people who argue that we should commit acts of violence not because they will make things better but because we can't be seen as bluffers. If people see that we were blu...
Beware the Do Something Caucus 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The problem in Syria is that the opposition is no longer preferable to the regime and the regime is beyond redemption. Until I see evidence that contradicts it, I am not going to assume that Samantha ...
We Don't Need to Know Everything 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
I understand the impulse to want to know every damn thing that is going on, and I also understand the importance of having certain capabilities should unforeseen contingencies arise, but I kind of dou...
Crazy Has Consequences 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
Most states are pretty stable in their political preferences, at least on the presidential level, but Iowa hops around. It went for Gore in 2000, Bush in 2004, and Obama in the last two elections. It ...
This Stupid Goes to Eleven 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
Kathleen Parker has a warped way of looking at things. Stepping out from his usual duties of drawing meaningless red lines in the Syrian sand, the president splashed red paint across the American lan...
Here's Some Homework 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
I normally try to answer my own questions rather than asking the community to do it, but things are hectic around here lately. So, here's a challenge. Find out when the UN inspectors arrived in Syria ...
Is This What It Has Come To? 25 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
Possibly still irked that I said he was smug in his self-righteousness in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict, Charles P. Pierce links to me disapprovingly to argue that the vessel that is G...
Chin Up, Milbank 25 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
Dana Milbank, who is about a year and a half older than I am, is morose about our generation. I think he's off base. Now in our mid-forties, the people of our generation are only beginning to assume p...