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Cough up some cash for the Rude Pundit The always inflammatory, always hilarious Rude Pundit (see links) is fundraising for a live show ...

It's official - Americans really are crazy Scientists finally confirm what we all knew all along . Given the results of the last electio...

I hope he made it to the airport Newsweek's Baghdad bureau chief Rod Nordland came home this week and jotted down a few final thoughts...

Book of globetrotting stories a pleasant trip with criminals Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Small Crimes in an Age of A...

When is a war crime not a war crime when it's inconvienient for it to be a war crime, or when it undermines your arguement or when some...

Come home Winston Smith, all is forgiven "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peac...

And speaking of smoking guns... The secret Downing Street memo - Sunday Times - Times Online

Meals with militants reveal human face Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Dining With Terrorists By Phil Rees MacMillan, 395 ...

"Do you like Kipling?" the bishop asked. "I don't know, I've never kipled." answered the actress Dang, them moon...

Happy Memorial Day America! My son is about this age. If I were to die he would have his family around him and live in a country with school...

Torture? What Torture? Meet Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, the Woodshed's "wanker of the week." Top gener...

Why I love Eschaton--reason #364 Because you get great ideas from the posters there, like this one from Falstaff on writing a neo-con ...

Massacre? What Massacre? Japanese politicians continue to revise history to smooth over what the media here often refer to as "that spo...

Too Sweet I love plagarists, I especially love how incredibly dumb they are. So does World O'Crap

Just for Pete "Centuwion, Why do they titter so?"

Our hero and new spiritual leader of the moment - Wammo He's finally done it! Wammo has gotten his online act together. He's blogg...

Department of Blatant Plugs My neighbour and new pal Professor Jesse Glass is an author, poet and fan of outsider music and art. He is also ...

War is not good for children or other living things, but we shouldn't let it spoil David Brooks' morning coffee Sid Schanberg ta...

Flushing credibility My take on the whole "Newsweak" fiasco is that it is a tempest in a teacup brewed up by Rove and his mini...

Pimping the media whores redux Tim Noah at Slate's Chatterbox reports the results of the "columnist for sale" poll. The re...