Unqualified Offerings

I hate to root against Radley, but the humor value of Norv Turner winning a Super Bowl would be too great. Plus, you gotta love those powder-blue unis.

Man, the Lord sure is blessing the Arizona Cardinals so far.

By Thoreau
I just heard some reporter on a cable news network saying that even though Israel can’t stop every rocket or suicide bomber, they can at least destroy Hamas’s will to use rockets and suicide bombers.
Um, yeah, because when a weaker unconventional force motivated by generations-long grievances gets attacked by its enemies, their first thought [...]

By Thoreau
Tin foil hat?  Check.
Affinity for medieval mythology and costumes?  Check.
Proficient in self-defense?  Check.
Mr. Torvald Alexander has officially earned a decoder ring!
(Hat-tip to Chad Orzel at Uncertain Principles.)

I’m proud to report that my friend Kerry "The Female Filibuster" Howley has been denied entrance to Burma on account of the apparent danger she poses to their scuzzy regime. I’m sorry it screwed up her travel plans, though.

A year ago today, my friend and fellow blogger Andrew Olmsted was killed in Iraq. Hilzoy has a few thoughts.

Leon Hadar applies the economic concept of "recognition lag" to American foreign policy.