NBS: I vote for this .

Sanity: That most pugnacious of liberals, Ed Koch , has endorsed Bush for re-election. His reason is exactly the same as my own, which spel...

A Comment : On FreeSpeech , I wrote this: At the risk of being deleted by AW for being off topic--this isn't really about Bush lying--I...

Satire: It used to be said that the Bards could produce a satire so cruel that it could wither a man. I always thought that was an exaggera...

More from the Daily Kos: One more thing I forgot the first time out. In a piece called "Which is the party of states' rights?...

Samizdata: We mentioned Samizdata yesterday. Today, we note with pleasure that they have agreed to exchange link-hospitality with Grim...

One of our Own: Bravery Needs No Translation .

Bad Eagle: Bad Eagle has some thoughts on empire, including a picture of Sherman's grave. May he... well, I am from Georgia, after all...

Hallelujah: May it always be thus : Elsewhere in Baghdad, individuals inside a white Opel fired small arms at ICDC personnel at the Al-Amil ...

On War: It is time to speak seriously about war. I am brought to the topic by Kos , who approves of a line being taken by Howard Dean on the...

Primaries: I have posted on occasion about the upcoming political race, although it is only now heating up enough to be worth a lot of atten...

Changes: I am making some cosmetic changes to the site, mostly in terms of color scheme. More will follow, most likely. UPDATE: Still to c...

NBS: This week I'm voting for The War Journal for political entry. The link appears to be messed up, so if you go, you'll have to ...

Great Lines: BBC Radio 4 has given us one of the great lines of political history : It was trailed as a "unique chance to rewrite the l...

To the Queen: I may be the only American citizen who led a toast to the Queen of England last night. It was the third, and last, of our Ne...

A Bet: I have placed a friendly wager with a young liberal of my association on the outcome of the upcoming Presidential election. I am off...

Holiday Message: Holiday Message from the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff : HOLIDAY GREETING 2003 For generations, US Service men and women...

Johnny Cash: Without doubt, the greatest American artist to die this year was Johnny Cash. Here find a moving elegy to him, "Johnny of...

FBI: The FBI has released an unclassified, but redacted, version of its audit on intelligence sharing with other counterterrorist agencies ...

The Feast of Stephen: Another holiday tradition, this one not even two hundred years old, is the song "Good King Wenceslas": Good ...