10:30am
I was out of town all weekend at the ACC men’s bball tournament (Go Heels!), so, unfortunately I don’t have a prepared post for today. I will update this post as often as I can with news and my commentary.
11:20am
The huge investment bank Bear Stearns agreed to sell themselves to J.P. Morgan Chase for [...]
I’ve been mulling over this article by Christopher Hitchens about the withdrawal of the UK’s Prince Harry from the front-line in Afghanistan. One of his conclusions is we are perhaps too afraid of so-called “Islamists.” I agree. But first, for those of you not familiar with the story, Prince Harry had been serving in Afghanistan, [...]
Don’t worry. Spitzer’s prostitution scandal isn’t the only topic I plan on writing about this month. I promise. In any case, we had a lively discussion about the legality and morality of prostitution in the comments for my last post, so I thought the issue was worth revisiting.
I want to start by repeating what I [...]
Georgian region Abkhazia appeals for recognition of independence, citing Kovoso
Here we go. Expect S. Ossetia to follow suit. Expect a bit more warfare in the Caucasus this summer.
A Fall From White Knight to Client 9
Another disgraced moral crusader. Is it wrong to take such joy in hypocrites? As a friend mentioned at the beginning of [...]
“It’s really silly that prostitution is illegal” – Andrew Sullivan
The mainstream media is almost certainly gearing up for overzealous coverage of the NY Governor Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. But before we let ourselves get caught up in all the salacious details, I think it’s important to keep in mind a couple things:
1) Prostitution shouldn’t [...]
11:40am
Our web host, NearlyFreeSpeech.net has been having some fun server problems today. I’m gonna try to update this post as often as I can with some of the latest news sprinkled with my commentary.
12:05pm
I just want to go on record and say that Daylight Savings bothers me.
3:10pm
Looks like Governor Spitzer of NY will be resigning [...]
Check out the latest Hillary Clinton talking point with regards to Barack Obama’s experience.
For those of you that can’t see the video, Clinton said:
Look I have said Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, I will bring a lifetime of experience, and Senator Obama will bring a speech he made in [...]
It’s been the unassailable conventional wisdom, since at least 9/11, that the President’s highest duty is to protect America. That idea always struck me as odd given what I remembered about the President’s oath of office:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will [...]
Russia deepens Ukraine gas cuts
Russia has basically cut gas supplies to 50%. The EU, at this point, really has no back-up plan and no foreseeable way until a few years down the line to not be heavily reliant on Russian gas lines from Ukraine and Belarus. For Russia, this is a great position to be [...]
While the US media can’t see past the presidential election battles (funny that they only seem capable of covering one thing at a time), tensions are rising in South America. Ecuador and our best buds in Venezuela have both deployed troops to their border with Colombia.
From what I understand the episode began when Colombian troops [...]