Month: May 2014

Comment of the Day

Presumably, you heard the faculty and students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey revolted against the idea of Condoleeza Rice being their commencement speaker. A commenter over at Alicublog had an appropriate...

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Fall of Homs, Juan Cole Throws the Towel

. Previously, I have been at loggerheads with Professor Cole on realities on the ground in the Middle East. On Syria, a civil war that never should have happened. One unfortunate fact, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria was...

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Serious Question

Do you think the House Democrats should boycott the Benghazi select committee or show up with air horns and silly string, or perhaps pumpkins and watermelons (a la Dan Burton)? Are Silly String and air horns expressly forbidden...

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Weaponizing Public Prayer

George Will is a theologian now. He will explain Deism for you. It’s watery. It’s atheism. George Will is an adeist. There are elements of Mr. Will’s argument about public prayer with which I am sympathetic....

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