Month: July 2007

Bruce Schneier talks about a paper explaining why terrorism seldom achieves its aims: This is an example of correspondent inference theory. People tend to infer the motives — and also the disposition — of someone who...

This item seems to have slipped by, but I think it is important.  I thought it would develop, so I didn’t write about it, but instead it sort of finished–for the moment.  But I think it will bubble up...

Imagine it is October 27, 1947. Why October 27, 1947? Because that date is 2128 days from December 7, 1941 and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. So what? Today, 12 July 2007, marks 2128 days since Al Qaeda attacked us on 11...

Crossposted at West Virginia Blue. I’ve watched with bemusement at the effort by supporters of vulnerable Rep. Shelley Moore Capito to throw mud at State Sen. John Unger only to have it splash back on Capito.The latest...

for all who suffer because of war cross posted at MyLeftWing,  BooMan Tribune, and my blog The mother of 20-year-old Mohammed Hasson cries over his body in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, July 4, 2007....