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Some Georgia articles today worth noting. This time, it's definitely about oil . Dreams of glory : What should one make of the announce...

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"Georgia" and "Iraq" tend to get uttered in the same sentence a lot around here, usually in terms of complaining what a ...

They do .

Interesting . As it turns out, the July [Internet access] attack [against Web sites in the Republic of Georgia] may have been a dress rehear...

In words , pictures , and video . "Awesome" is the current most-overused word. But this is awesome.

I meant to post something two days ago on his birthdate on Herbert Hoover , one of the great Americans of the 20th century. You might know h...

Paul Krugman thinks the Republicans are scaring me away from nationalized health care with the phrase "socialized medicine." No, ...

Where it stands . "Iraq" is the unspoken name in much of the public diplomacy -- which of course is not diplomacy at all but jocke...

Some aspects of the current tragedy in Georgia remind me of the Hungarian uprising in 1956, especially the role of the U.S. I think this blo...

Cindy Sheehan makes the ballot to oppose Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill says the speaker welcomes the challenge and has "...

Riots in Canada ? Oh, dear. Who is going to break the news to my co-workers. Who insist there is no crime, no violence, and no racism in Can...

Switching into Andy Rooney mode here ... These are little things that piss me off, because they're typically written by people who profe...

Being 'bingo,' and 'ditto' This is a fight to the death for power and the distribution of wealth. It is about ideology only ...

A direct hit, and a new, good word : It is sometimes difficult when reading [linguist, progressive, and "Don't Think of an Elephant...

This has been a good blog for keeping up with it.

Thanks to you , men all across America -- guys who work hard and play by the rules -- will go home tonight to a little more bitterness, shor...

The latest batch of Watchers Council winners have been posted. First place in the council went to Winning in Afghanistan by Joshuapundit. ...

I don't think we ever really understood Solzhenitsyn. When he came to America, we wanted him to like us and be one of us, which is gener...

From a review of Robert Kagan's new book : In his recent speech before an adoring crowd in Berlin, presumptive Democratic presidential n...