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    I believe that all scrutiny and questioning done at airports in the UK is technically "under the terrrorism statute."  That's…
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    • I think you have to read every Greenwald piece with the same skills you use to parse the claims made…
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    • The "terrorism statute" authorizes detention for no particular reason--you don't have to be suspected of being involved in terrorism to…
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    • I would love to see one line added to the 1040 form -- a calculation of the effective tax rate.…
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    • I think the key thing that makes Republicans Republicans is an overriding sense that someone undeserving is getting a free…
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    • Unfortunately I think your story reveals that doctors can be breathless, uninformed political ideologues too.
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    • Firebrand = incendiary
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    • "I can't understand why politicians are so slow to adopt the angry opinions I constantly email at them!"
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    • And then President Warren has to compromise on something because Senator Kardashian-West can't support it in its current form, and…
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    • Maybe the problem is that you expect a dragonslayer or a savior and then when all you get is a…
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    • Police follow up with neighbors and "known associates" as a matter of course.  I've never heard anyone complain about that.
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    • No, the reason libertarians like Greenwald insist on the meaninglessness of party distinctions is because a sense of superiority to…
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    • The Albert Gores?  I'd take the son over the father there.  Jerry over Pat Brown?
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    • The entire 2012 Republican primaries would have been improved by sudden mass casualties.
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    • But that's the thing.  It seems like they are starting to have a problem with it.  I don't have any…
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    • I'm starting to think that all the bullshit is making it just plain miserable to be a Senator from day…
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    • Mukasey is insinuating that the historical Tamerlane conducted something like an anti-western "jihad."  (That's why he says "infidel.")  But that…
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    • Tamerlan--apparently named for the 14th-century Muslim conqueror famous for building pyramids of his victims' skulls to commemorate his triumphs over…
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    • I believe the Boston Braves were so-called because the Boston Tea Party involved dressing up in native costumes.
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    • That opening gambit is hella creepy, too.  Schoolgirl crushes and fan cultures are supposed to be sexless.  That's the basis…
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