Sometimes I think public floggings are a damn good idea: A man running late for his flight to Phoenix called in a phony bomb threat Monday in hopes that the plane would be delayed long enough for him to get on board, police said. America West clerks at the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport became suspicious …
Ted Barlow is Back
Ted Barlow is back from one of his bi-monthly breaks.
Good Post
Here is a good how-to on how to be an honest blogger– go read Kevin Drum discussing Medical Malpractice. On reading the report more carefully, I now note that all these figures are for median payouts, which wouldn’t be affected at all by a few huge awards. I’m not sure what’s going on, but this …
Close To Home
This hit close to home: Four soldiers from the Army’s 1092nd Engineer Company, a civilian Army contractor, two civilian captains and two boat drivers were sailing up the Shatt al Arab waterway in the al Faw peninsula Sunday to pick up Iraqi South Oil Co. personnel when they were taken by force by Iranians, a …
This Is Not Good
Sure- It is all about Palestinian Statehood: And, at a time when the Israeli government has accepted the right of Palestinians to statehood, most Muslim populations surveyed believe by wide margins that the needs of Palestinians cannot be met so long as the state of Israel exists. What happens when Israel follows all of the …
IS Talk Left Down?
Am I the only one who can not get Talk Left to load? *** Update *** This is why…
The Middle East
Fareed Zakaria in today’s WaPo: If nothing else, this week’s Middle East summits will produce a great many photographs of smiling leaders. But to understand how long and hard the road to peace is, consider the photograph that you have not seen. Last Thursday Ariel Sharon met with the new prime minister of the Palestinian …