Month: October 2008

Open Thread

In a country where Dan Quayle can be vice-president and George W. Bush can be a president, a Wasilla girl can dream.

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Staying the Course in Guantánamo

Our extranational shadow justice experiment has been a failure on virtually every level.  The clear response would seem to be closing it, but circumstances inside the Beltway may trump the obvious. For more on pruning back...

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Fairness Doctrine

Conservatives are terrified that the Democrats will reimpose some form of the Fairness Doctrine, which would shut down right-wing talk radio. I’m pretty libertarian when it comes to free speech, although I have no problem...

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Christian Right’s Dark Obama Fantasy

From MsNBC: Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of the Boy Scouts. All are plausible scenarios if Democrat Barack...

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