Month: January 2011

Casual Suggestion

Maybe one of you could help explain why the overuse of antibiotics is related to the theory of evolution. Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia is clueless as the why anyone would make such a connection.

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What Those Appropriations Seats Mean

There are two things to note about the Republicans’ assignments for the Senate Appropriations Committee. It should be noted, first, that the Tea Party’s opposition to earmarking made it an enemy of most Republican...

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Thoughts on Egypt

I wonder how different things might have been if back in 1979 the Washington Post had run editorials calling for the U.S. to break ties with the Shah of Iran. Would we have been condemned to thirty-two years of implacable...

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Lieberman to PA: Take 45% of West Bank and STFU

. Lieberman drafts own map of future Palestinian borders (Haaretz) – Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has drafted a map of a Palestinian state in provisional borders. The map would essentially “freeze the existing...

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