Archive for September, 2002
Posted in September 30th, 2002
That is a stab and twist for Mr. Torch Josh Marshall notes the intense dislike for the Torch. You live by hardball, you die by hardball. Torch is getting nothing more than he deserved. Perhaps I should send my Claritin bills to him since he extended the patent with my former home state twit, John […]
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
More Torch Dousing Report here sounds positive, and possible replacements including Menendez, who could mount a quick and successful challenge. Update: This story indidcates that Torch might have to resign to get someone else on the ballot. Will he eat his pride for the party? One can hope. Counterspin Central claims this is bad for […]
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
PRETTTTTYYYYYY PLEEEEAAAAAASEEEEEE Josh Marshall reports rumors that the Torch will pull out of his reelection campaign. The seat is lost, now the Torch can get lost. Ay, Ay, Ay, Goodbye…..please….
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
Mine Safety The Chicago Tribune did a great series on Mine Safety. Remember, the administration is trying to cut funding for monitoring of mine compliance.
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
News at 11: Sometimes, just sometimes, friends disagree Steve Chapman points out that sovereignty means you get to make your own choices and your allies ought to respect those choices. Germany is highly averse to fighting wars. They backed us in Afghanistan and they backed us in Kosovo. The fact that they are leary of […]
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
Costless Reform The Chicago Tribune dedicates the entire editorial page to a single death penalty reform. Police are good people for the most part, but because they are good people they do the best they can to prove a case. Unfortunately, this eagerness causes the system to be warped. Creating checks on that eagerness is […]
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
Why conservatives need to understand capitalism and economics One of the common screeds from conservatives advocating vouchers for schools (I’m a liberal advocate of vouchers), is that private schools are cheaper and so vouchers would save money. This ignores that some private schools are cheaper than public schools based tuition. Tuition doesn’t cover all costs […]
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
Special Ops vs the 82nd Airborne This story describes the difference in operating methods and identifies some of the tensions seen in Somalia. While it shouldn’t be dismissed, the Special Ops guys don’t exactly play well with others. The specific incident is troubling, but one incident.
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Posted in September 30th, 2002
Huh? Has anyone looked at the polls? Instapundit appears to be confused. The polls are good for Dems and the three on the trip to Baghdad simply aren’t that influential. One is leaving Congress and got his butt handed to him in the Michigan gubanorial primary. The other two aren’t party leaders so I have […]
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
Instapundit Doesn’t Get It This series of posts shows the problem with most of the loudest supporters of Iraq. They don’t understand non-proliferation or the real precedent we are creating. I’m for an attack on Iraq. Friedman and Weisberg make the point better than I do, I’d like to think because their jobs allow them […]
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
File Under: Life is rough all over The Sun-Times offers up a tear jerker about affluent districts having to pinch pennies–er sort of.
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
Vilsack, Texieria and Judis all up The Des Moines Register reports Vilsack is opening up a lead.
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
Cruz Case Redux The Sun-Times does a good job covering the details of the Cruz case and how it relates to Jim Ryan and Birkett. While I’m happy to make fun of the Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team, the particular slate put up this year is disturbing in relation to their actions in the Cruz […]
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
Who’d a thunk it, Broder is a Goo-Goo A goo-goo with a good column on a recent report by Brookings on hiring of appointees.
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Posted in September 29th, 2002
Historical Air Pollution The Times does a good job describing the historical patterns of air pollution. It is a good rejoinder to the more chicken-little approaches to environmental regulation on both sides. However, it also demonstrates the remarkable effectiveness of government regulation.
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