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Charming

Yes, there are all sorts of arcane legal arguments being made here, but the gist of this story is that a judge tinkered with a jury in order to get the verdict the state wanted.That was the...

The Next Step

New York has big security plans:The Police Department is working on a plan to track every vehicle that enters Manhattan to strengthen the city’s guard against a potential terror attack, the...

Well, That Was Sure Worth It

Five and a half years for Hamdan:A former driver for Osama bin Laden was sentenced today to 5 ½ years in prison for his material support for terrorism, a relatively light sentence that means...

Your Priorities Suck

The weirdest thing about this Will Saletan piece regarding the LA City Council’s decision to ban additional construction of fast food joints that Matt and Ezra mock is not his apparent lack of...

The World According to McCain

Has anyone pointed out yet that McCain is giving credit to the surge for things that happened not only before the actual surge began, but to events that took place before General Petraeus, the...

Remember to Be Very, Very Scared!

Fear-mongering to the very end:European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland...

I Will Second Unqualified Offerings

Jim Henley is right- this Larison piece is spot on (and really, you all should be reading Larison and the AmConMag daily):There are new reports based on Jane Mayer’s new book The Dark Side...

Maybe They Like It

While you and I both would probably agree that pigs wallowing in mud may be a little bit dirty and we may think it is gross, pigs love wallowing in it. In fact, for pigs, it is a necessity.The...

Running Man

Via the GOS, our authoritarian masters have a new idea for keeping us all safe while flying:A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great...

Another Down Payment on Our Future Deficit Reduction

Another suicide bombing:A female suicide bomber has killed nine people and wounded 12 others in an attack on an Iraqi market, police said.The attack took place in the al-Mafraq area west of...