No, not on reforming government, at least not in any way that you or I would conceive as reform ( Read more... )

So we've been hearing some things about the new START treaty, same as the old START treaty, most recently from British reactionaries screaming “stab in the back” over US' agreement to disclose to Russia when we transfer a nuclear weapon into British (or French, or other) hands. I aim not merely to make light of their utterly puerile, cowardly ( Read more... )

Some people simply astound me with their ability to be good soldiers, to the detriment of logic, facts, and even the superiors they're vigorously trying to serve ( Read more... )

Politically-involved, politically-aware voters are what makes this country a republic. This young woman and the other serfs like her, who insist on Gov Palin's warped, plastic (in both senses) solipsism rather than inconvenient reality, could swiftly remake this country into a failed state were they ever to attain (or delude, or coerce) a majority ( Read more... )

Because he tends to be as conspiracy-minded and paranoid as Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol, though rarely as fact-indifferent. But this harsh take is pretty priceless.

That is essentially, what the judge in the case against Prop 8 is asking the defendants to prove.

Their argument, of course, is that gay people have never been considered a suspect classification so the law only needs a rational basis for its existence, that any reasonable person could understand (not necessarily agree with. Lots of us understand ( Read more... )

And we would still need to reform some of our tort law, which as any L1 will tell you, is crazy complicated. (although most of it does make sense, if you're willing to spend two years thinking about it ( Read more... )

Gen. Krulak raises objections straight out of Sun Tzu, and they are as applicable to soldiers today as they were 2500 years ago ( Read more... )

A pandering, semi-secessionist (as long as it gets votes) Texan governor who appointed a Young Earth Creationist to his school board might be...a racist.

That's not calling a kettle black. It's calling a kettle "possibly a metallic vessel for containing and cooking liquids."

In Kentucky one of them insisted on upholding his oath to support and defend the Constitution, in the face of God's own Word that he shouldn't.

Some would say a courageous call, but I think we all know he is a traitor and a big part of what is wrong with America. Sarah Palin needs to weigh in on this one forthwith.