Month: January 2007

Swearing: the fookin’ sequel

So, recently scribe gifted us with a wonderful diary on swearing, in a funny but soulful Dave Sedaris sort of style.  Soj then added some nerdy comments on that diary that got me, a fellow nerd, thinking about the nerdy...

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McGeorge Bundy’s Plan for Vietnam

McGeorge Bundy was the National Security Advisor to President Kennedy, and President Johnson until 1966. It was the same position held now by Stephen Hadley and previously by Condoleezza Rice. In February 1965 he laid out a...

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McGovernite Open Thread

Mort Kondracke, on Brit Hume’s little roundtable, just said that John Edwards is aspiring to be the George McGovern of the 2008 campaign. He also said that Edwards was an advocate of ‘bugging out of Iraq’....

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The Wisdom of MLK Jr.

Take a look at the front-page of the New York Times. We are implementing a strategy to embolden a government that is actually part of the problem. Over the past three weeks a third front has opened — against Iran. Saddam...

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