Month: December 2005

In today’s (Sunday December 4th), Amy Waldman describes the impressive new superhighways that are being built to link India’s major cities.She says that India which has already surpassed China in its growth rate in...

As many of you know, I was involved in a fraternity when I was in college.  A major part of being in a fraternity is sharing in rituals that help to form bonds with each other.  Some of them are esoteric, so I...

One of the, if not the, defining characteristic  of the State is the legitimate use of force.  To the state alone belongs the power to take human life legitimately, and even that power is tempered by a growing...

I actually posted this as a comment on Friday at the lounge, but I wanted to add it to my diary.  Apologies to those who’ve already seen it. Click Image to Enlarge Political Animals – Featuring an All-Nude...

The U.S. Strategic Command announced yesterday it had achieved an operational capability for rapidly striking targets around the globe using nuclear or conventional weapons, after last month testing its capacity for nuclear war...