The margin of litigation grows by the hour. It is leaflets like the one below from Ohio that make me rather certain that the US elections will not be over when the polls close tonight.
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Usually, it’s impossible to argue with people who make comparisons between the incumbent US administration and various past totalitarian systems, particularly when the argument turns to a comparison between George W Bush and the Austrian guy with the Charlie Chaplin moustache. Whatever you think of George W Bush and his administration - still a mystery [...]
The incompetent or the incoherent?
It’s hard not to giggle. The Economist is probably the most prestigious name in the business press in the US. The editors’ backhanded compliments to Bush don’t cover a contempt for his bungling, even as they support his efforts point by point.
[A]s Mr Bush has often said, [...]
It seems the big science news today is the discovery of a new species of homind in a dig on Flores Island in Indonesia. Homo floresiensis, who apparently was about a metre tall apparently lived as recently as 13,000 years ago - much more recently than any known homnid other than humans, and there [...]
Readers of AFOE may know that I am a fan of the now defunct American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Which is why I couldn’t possibly resist linking to this:
In other words, Season 7 of Buffy always struck me as a fairly explicit critique of Bush’s foreign policy (even if dullards on [...]
For all its amazing sensoric and analytical abilities, more often than not the human mind is simply overwhelmed with the world’s complexity, confused by its uncertainty. Philosophers have dreamed of an easy life without the pain inflicted by their insatiable urge to reflect, to question everything, to leave no stone unturned.
Of course, no philosopher is [...]
Juan Cole had an interesting post on Informed Comment yesterday.
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Basically the problem revolves around a decision by Brig. Gen. Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani, the head of the Iraqi secret [...]
Alright gentle readers, the last Kerry-Bush exchange of talking points has begun. And at this point I would like to mention that I, too, have a plan - and I will even talk about its specificties: I will try to occasionally update this post with my impressions - as this is what really matters ;). [...]
Since I actually stayed up to watch the debate between US president and Senator John Kerry, I have decided to share my favorite line.
“I just know how this world works.”
I leave it up to you who stated that… you’re right: the nude guy.
Kerry was no Jed Bartlet tonight, but I think it is hard to [...]
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