The polarization of the media landscape has been perhaps no better exemplified than by the recent summit on Healthcare, convened by President Obama. Since that summit, which brought together both parties to debate healthcare policy, political pundits from each end of the spectrum have declared victory for their respective sides. Weren’t we all watching the same event? And yet, it’s [...]
It seems that in the last day or so, in which I’ve been without a working computer, some interesting tidbits have been coming out of Iraq. Radio Liberty reports that the National Dialogue Front, the major Sunni component of Iraqqiya, led by Saleh Al-Mutlaq, has agreed NOT to boycott the election. This is great news. It ends fears of a [...]
With the election fast approaching, Baghdad has surprised many with its decision to rehire 20,000 officers of Saddam’s old army. In the context of the anti-Baathist hysteria, this seems a strange decision. Some will no doubt try to claim that this is evidence that PM Maliki is turning over a new leaf, and trying to stop a slide towards renewed [...]
There’s an excellent discussion going on at the Harvard Political Review’s blog, HPRgument, about general curriculum requirements, specifically concerning religion. Harvard’s General Education program requires a “Culture and Belief” class, but has no explicit requirement to engage with the study of religion. (I haven’t taken the time to look at other school’s general requirements, but Penn CAS’s at least says [...]
And it’s not broken because the Republican’s are using the filibuster excessively, or because partisanship has corroded Senatorial courtesy. E.J. Dionne, Paul Krugman, and the rest of the liberal media establishment would have you believe that, though. No, Congress is really and truly broken because of rumors out of the White House today that President Obama would attempt to pass [...]
As I’ve written earlier, Iraq’s nascent democracy is at threat from the De-Baathification crisis, which has become a way for the current ruling elite to hound challengers over spurious claims of connection to Saddam’s regime. Among those banned by the process from participating in the election is noted Secular Nationalist Sunni leader Saleh Al-Mutlaq who had been the principle Sunni [...]
This weekend had all kinds of exciting things happen. Tiger woods made us all forget the Mayakoba Golf Classic was taking place, the Endeavor came back from it’s 130th mission, and CPAC happened. I’ve been totally excited about CPAC, mostly because this kid, Johnathan Krohn, was scheduled to talk, and he’s super adorable. While I haven’t gotten around to catching [...]
In my post on Wednesday, I dangled the possibility that the Philadelphia Daily News was kidding. They are not, as it turns out, and neither is the mayor, the police chief, or anybody else who’s recently gone off his or her respective rocker over Tuesday’s snowball fight – excuse me, rampage. I think the point I want to get across [...]
It was recently speculated by the New York Times that the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was committed by Israel Mossad agents in the city of Dubai. Now, this case seems like a straight forward issue of a secret service committing a hit on the grounds of a friendly nation. However, there were several complications including the usage of British passports, [...]
Ever feel like someone’s watching you when you’re sitting there chilling on your computer? Well in the case of 1,800+ Pennsylvania high school students, this occasionally was the case. Lower Merion School District was being cool, they gave out laptops to all students at two of their high schools as part of a program “to create a “seamless’ way to [...]
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