I’m no good at those, so I thought I’d relate the only time I remember being completely taken in by one.
One day in third grade our principal came in and said he had an announcement.
That announcement?
Bill Clinton declared we had to go to school on Saturdays now. He said some other things that I [...]

Taking a break from Christmas-related issues, let’s talk about Iraq. I’ve been growing increasingly irritated with the letters in the Chronicle from war supporters. Opponents of the war haven’t put up much of a defense. So, I hope my contribution will help. You may notice that it’s shamelessly cribbed from Kevin Drum’s excellent list of [...]

The “Spanish-American War tax,” as seen in Mallard Fillmore on Sunday, has little to do with funding the Spanish-American war, considering it was repealed in 1902. It was later reinstated to fund WWI, then repealed, then reinstated in 1932 and has apparently been around since then. Appealing to its Spanish-American War legacy to rally support [...]

I watched it the other night. Not bad, but not especially good overall. For one thing, it feels really choppy, at least after reading the book. When I read the book I was a little disappointed in the lack of debunking with regards to some of the charges. Instead, they point out that these people [...]

I saw this over at RNS the other day. Now, the MRC is a rabidly partisan outfit, but I thought it was interesting. Is the media going after Bush more than Clinton on this Vietnam issue? Should have gone after each the same?
For that last question, I tend to think [...]