Protected: Is the Surge Really Working?

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Everything I (Don’t) Do, I (Won’t) Do It For You

There was a popular Bryan Adams song, “Everything I Do, I Do It For You.” I think I was in 4th grade the first time I heard it. It made me want to find a girl like that, someone I’d do anything for. That was where bliss lived. Though we’re shielded from realizing it, that [...]

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The U.S. Military Index (FP)

I support our troops, as do many Americans. You can tell as much from their “Support Our Troops” ribbons, stuck to the backs of many of our cars. In addition to this kindhearted gesture, which is of limited use to the troops during battle, it might be helpful to actually listen to what the soldiers [...]

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“Moral Indignation is Jealousy with a Halo”

I was reminded of the above H.G. Wells quote after reading the comments to Sparticus’s post, “Oh Eliot, How Could You?” The Eliot Spitzer scandal draws a clear line between free-thinking dissenters and the “Proud to be a Democrat” variety. The latter accept uncritically that, but of course, we must all show how thoroughly outraged [...]

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The Billary Tagteam Tiptoe

Cross-posted at Jonestown: There appears to be this edgy sense of tiptoeing around on the part of Obama’s “rainbow people” and the inwardly frantic disciples of the Clinton Dynasty. Each camp is desperate for unflattering sound bites about the other, but not the kind so devastating that voters will remember them in November. While both [...]

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The Will of the (“Super”) People

While covering the presidential horse race, CNN and other mainstream news outlets keeps showing “delegate counts” without explaining their significance, as if there’s no real distinction between “superdelegates” and the apparently not-so-super ones. But there is a distinction, an important one. Regular delegates, or “pledged” delegates, correspond to actual votes. Superdelegate votes reflect the arbitrary [...]

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