1,000 Dead in Iraq

By now you’ve heard the news–1,000 dead servicemen and women dead in the sands of Iraq.
The number is staggering. No one–not even the fiercest critic–could have imagined we’d be at this point in this war.
Is it worth it? At long last–has the toll been worth it? Especially when we’ve given back large chunks of [...]

Money Money Money!

From the folks who brought you Hot or Not, here is Vote or Not. It’s a $200,000 sweepstakes–if your name is picked, you win $100,000, and I win $100,000 for referring you. If you still need a reason–any reason–to cast a vote this year, you can use this as an excuse.

Striking a Pose

Look, let’s just get this out there. Over the last few hours, I’ve gotten a fair amount of flak over my last post, mostly from the right wing of the gallery. For whatever reason, you seem to think that I’ve made common cause with al-Qaeda.
It’s likely that nothing I write will convince you guys [...]

The Chicago Way

Y’know, I can’t emphasize this enough. But it’s time, and I’m not the only one–Mark Kleiman thinks so, Susan Estrich thinks so, damn near the entire liberal blogosphere thinks so. Heck, even John Kerry thinks so.
Malone : You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I’m saying [...]

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

According to this NYT article , we’ve decided to basically give up on Samarra, and it’s a strategy that’s being replicated all across the country.
Having been in Samarra, having seen many of my brothers in arms wounded in the fighting there, can [...]

Zell Spew

If Howard Dean’s Iowa speech helped kill any momentum he had left (unfairly, in my opinion), then Zell Miller’s spew of hate probably killed any momentum the GOP had built up over the last two nights. And the fact that his rantings weren’t limited to his speech tonight, but carried over into not one but [...]

Another flip-flop for Bush

I was just watching After Hours on MSNBC. They’re discussing Gov. Schwarznegger’s speech, and they had one of the Governor’s campaign advisors, Karen Hanratty, on the panel. Scarborough and Ron Reagan were discussing gay marriage, and the Governor’s support for it, when Hanratty interjected (I’m paraphrasing here):
“He doesn’t. He supports domestic partnerships and civil [...]