Unqualified Offerings

I was glad Bork lost at the time. Admittedly, I was a partisan Democrat back then. And admittedly he was the object of a partisan witch hunt. But he’s gone to considerable effort to keep me glad they fitted him for the dunking stool. OpinionJournal’s “Best [Neocon-Approved Items] of the Web,” offers the following bit […]

Never confuse politics with “current events.”

The Post Style section has a chin-puller by Paul Farhi about “The Great Worry Divide.” Women are more emotional in the face of the recent terror attacks, more prone to worry and depression, men more analytical, distanced; if they have an emotion, it is anger rather than sadness. As is usual in such pieces, actual […]

Steve Chapman’s article today in Slate makes a compelling case against the arguments of the National Greatness crowd for attacking Iraq. To the argument that Saddam is a psycho and he might do anything, anything – which is to say, that deterrence wouldn’t work – Chapman points out that deterrence has worked on Saddam:

When […]

from eerily-prescient Unqualified Offering items! Opinion Journal’s “Best [Neocon Approved Items] of the Web” links to this NYT piece reporting that “Saudis Balk at U.S. Request to Freeze Bank Accounts.” Unqualified Offerings first reported this as pre-news on October 31st, the day the USA Today reported that the Saudis would “freeze terrorist assets.” Surely investors […]