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Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Pinpoint Inaccuracy

Kevin Drum and Dan Drezner puzzle over the massive increase in “collateral damage” in the last two decades. They find this puzzling in part because of, in Dan’s words, “a revolution in precision-guided munitions — which, in theory, was supposed to reduce the likelihood of collateral damage.”
Kevin’s theory is that some intentional killing of civilians [...]

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The wedding bells of Texas…

By Thoreau
Will never ring again.  Supposedly a strict reading of the state’s gay marriage ban also outlaws all other marriages as well.
All those Texans who thought they were married will now have to go to another state and get married all over again.  They’ll spend money on caterers, dress designers, priests, cake decorators, wedding planners, [...]