August 24, 2005
Proving conclusively that Islamic mullahs have no corner on the market for incendiary hate speech, America’s own notorious televangelist, Pat Robertson –the one-time Republican candidate for President and long-time confidant of George W. Bush– called this week for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
August 18, 2005
Since starting this blog I have spent some time reading other blogs, trying to get a sense of what the blogosphere is comprised of. It’s a mighty vast place, let me tell ya, and I won’t even begin to try and explicate its dimensions, qualities, or import here. Or now, anyway.
August 6, 2005
There is no getting around the fact that we live in a rich world of complex interactions that often make life and its events seem difficult to understand. This complexity drives whole industries and branches of scientific research, whose existence is predicated on a mission to explain everything from the causes of hypertension and heart disease, to price activity in world markets, to the feeding and mating habits of insect colonies, to the behavior of value maximizing consumers.
August 1, 2005
Revealing the depth of his disregard for both the United Nations and the long-term security of the American people, President George W. Bush made John Bolton the United States’ ambassador to the U.N. today. The appointment comes while Congress is in recess, thereby circumventing the unpleasant fact that nearly half the members of the U.S. Senate understand how poorly qualified Mr. Bolton is for the position, and have thus refused to approve the appointment originally tendered this past March. By making a recess appointment, Mr. Bush will have Mr. Bolton as his government’s representative at the international diplomatic body until the next full session of Congress convenes in January 2007.