Unqualified Offerings

Gareth Porter sets the Wayback Machine for 2006, when Nouri al-Maliki first began making noises about a timeline for withdrawal of US troops and George W. Bush bitch-slapped him for it.
That formula, linking a withdrawal timetable with the buildup of Iraqi forces, was consistent with the position taken by Sunni armed groups in their previous [...]

By Thoreau
In Salon, Greenwald makes a strong case for campaigning against conservative Blue Dog Democrats, even if it means that Republicans win a few elections.  I naturally approve, because I see elections as being less about finding good leaders (human nature and politics being what they are) and more about punishing bad officials.  I figure [...]

By Thoreau
I simply don’t believe this. Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid finding procedural tools to defy a Republican’s wishes? Inconceivable! Everybody knows that Republican procedural maneuvers are impossible to block, and that the only time a blocking maneuver can be ignored is if it comes from a Democrat. (The Dodd abides.)
Then again, [...]

By Mona
Art of the Possible is pleased to welcome Dr. Steven Horwitz to our chat room this Wednesday from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., EDT, where he will address F. A. Hayek’s views — what Hayek did advocate, and as importantly, what he did not. (Hayek was not, in fact, opposed to all social safety [...]

By Thoreau
WARNING: This post contains SPOILERS on the X-Files movie. If you read this sensitive information without authorization, you may be subject to arrest and rendition to an alien starship outside the jurisdiction of US courts, under the inherent powers of the secret chain-smoking executive that even Cheney dares not defy. We [...]

For years, The American Conservative has been the only interesting conservative magazine, and @TAC is the only readable conservative-magazine blog. Kelly Vlahos is a big reason for that. Today, she offers an in-depth critique of the GOP’s new loyalty test: You either offer eager hosannas to the flawless glory of "The Surge" or you are, [...]

By Thoreau
1)  First, a PSA to students:  I don’t care what you smoke.  I really, really don’t.  But if you smoke it in the bathroom, I can smell it.  And that doesn’t make the bathroom smell any better.  Almost as bad, if you should happen to get caught then somebody will have to do paperwork, [...]

For Loyal Readers, a lolcat I made for my latest Tor entry (link forthcoming):

(Image courtesy Lolcat Builder.)

For a change, I won’t just plug me. BUT, I do have a new item in two parts on AOTP about John McCain and Barack Obama, who are colleagues in America’s famously clubby "upper chamber" of the legislature.
I also want to draw people’s attention to Kevin Carson’s long piece, "Labor Struggle in a Free Market." [...]

By Thoreau
I’m revising this post because a commenter made a good point about co-workers discovering blogs.