Kos is working on a book. Yikes!
Just finished up 11 or 12 interviews in DC for our book on the collapse of the Democratic Party, and what we can do to revive it. Heading down to North Carolina Friday to do a few more interviews before taking a late flight home Friday night.
It will just […]
An entire conference on the flat tax. It sounds like a policy wonk’s dream. There is this nugget from former Estonian prime minister Mart Laar:
Among his points was the fact that he and his government team were all too young to know it couldn’t be done, so they just did it. The IMF told them […]
From what I’ve read about the redesign of the Freedom Tower in New York City it sounds like a 1776-foot tall bunker.
There are some notable changes in the design by architect David Childs, who planned the original structure: The lobby sits inside the base, a 200-foot-tall pedestal, sheathed in concrete, steel, titanium and other blast-resistant […]
Rep. David Obey said Iraq is a lost cause. “There will be no victory in Iraq. The question is whether there is some way of salvaging the situation,” he told a newspaper.
Wow. In just a few weeks allied forces kicked Saddam from power. A few months later he was captured. Now, Iraq is on the […]
The votes are in and Marquette will remain the Golden Eagles. I love the audacity of MU president Father Robert Wild when he said (presumably with a straight face), “We had an honest, brokered process that led us back to Golden Eagles.”
Hmm. The process involved denying MU skateholders the Warriors option. Judging from Mark Belling’s […]
Justin at Classical Values just saw War of the Worlds. He liked it:
This is quite simply the finest screen adaptation of H.G. Wells that I have ever seen. Ever.
Purists may argue that liberties have been taken. True. Nevertheless, I believe that they were necessary and beneficial. Let me go further. I believe that if we […]
The calendar says I’m 30, but this silly quiz thinks I’m slightly younger.
You Are 28 Years Old
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Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority […]
Today, Starbucks was giving out free ice cream. I always like ice cream. Free ice cream is even better even if it is Starbucks which isn’t so hot.
“Starbucks Offers Free Ice Cream” [via Lakeshore Laments]
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This morning the Institute for Justice “will make a major announcement concerning a national effort to combat eminent domain at the state and local level.”
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Mary Madigan has a nice essay on Kelo’s effects in everyday life.
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In 2000 at the Democratic National Convention, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. looked like a new, fresh face for the Democrats. […]
Civil War historian Shelby Foote died Monday night at the age of 88. Foote’s fame rests upon an enormous 3-volume narrative history of the Civil War. Those books led to Ken Burns putting him in his wonderful miniseries The Civil War.
“Novelist, War Historian Shelby Foote Dies” [via Betsy’s Page]
“Goodbye Shelby Foote”
“Shelby Foote, 88, Died Monday”
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The Bonfire of the Vanities is two years old. For this anniversary it’s returned to its original home at Wizbang.
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Let’s hope Bogut isn’t the next Randy Breuer. I’m not enamored, but Marvin Williams was too much of a gamble. I really wish the Bucks would have traded down.
“Bucks Take Bogut with No. 1 Pick”
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Ever need to curse someone in Laotian? Well, here’s the sight for you. There’s a few hundred more languages where that came from.
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The unlawful combatants held in Gitmo are eating better [PDF] than me. I’ve never had garlic mashed potatoes or Tandori chicken breast.
“Cafe Hellhole”
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The City of Milwaukee examined its voting procedures and came to a typically liberal conclusion: we need more money. How about not bothering with the $41 million for PabstCity developers and using that for election reform–a proper city function?
But seriously how should we trust any Milwaukee elections when we found out “The election office had […]
