Martin Longman

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I'm broadly sympathetic to that argument and its underpinning logic, but it seems too pat to me, as well.  …
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Money and jobs are important controlling factors in U.S. foreign policy, but Jimmy Carter had more reasons than that to…
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That's not what I mean. Here is language from the 10th Circuit decision: The proposed amendment goes further than preventing…
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Actually, it's not.  Considering foreign law or religious law can be done by a court. It's a legal distinction that…
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They did, but the Secret Service told Obama 'no,' on the Presidential Limo.
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The headlines from the Middles East are so bad it gave Netanyahu a hernia.
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A reader sends me this: In Debate Over Military Aid To Egypt, Contracts Pose A Complication By Ernesto Londono and…
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Yes, that is an embarrassing brain fart on my part. However, the military is giving the orders, not some police…
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I don't disagree.  But do you think breaking ties completely is going to make a happier result in Egypt, in…
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Obama just carried the state by 213,000 votes.  
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I don't think I've ever been as sickened by something I've read in the New York Times.  
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Who?
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It almost never works. It is considered an act of deep disloyalty for a member of the majority to sign…
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Predicting that a country that has no nuclear weapons will attack a country that has them is always a dubious…
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Genghis Khan didn't take prisoners, unless he intended to rape them.  
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Okay, so it's hyperbole.   But when he stands up there and argues that he's frisking people of color because…
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as in, "the stupid is bright with this one."  
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I hope you saw this.  The musicians are backing him.  
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"More" does not mean "everyone."  
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I wasn't speaking for myself there; I was characterizing how history is perceived by most people.  
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