2:27 pm on Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Cnn:
Iraqi insurgents have carried out their threat to behead the South Korean civilian they were holding hostage, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Military officials said U.S. military police found the body west of Baghdad and notified the South Korean military, which in turn notified the South Korean Embassy in Baghdad.
A senior coalition official in Iraq said […]
2:12 pm on Tuesday, June 22, 2004
This cartoon is great.
Yes, I know I am going to have several shoes thrown at me in the near future.
11:59 am on Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Eugene Volokh has a number of informative posts on the Hiibel Decision, here, here, and here.
The Volokh Conspiracy is always a great place to get information and perspective on Supreme Court decisions and I highly recommend it for that (and other) purposes. I am totally unqualified to either criticize or add to any […]
9:54 am on Tuesday, June 22, 2004
A friend sent me this article. It is interesting reading.
11:11 am on Monday, June 21, 2004
Fareed Zakaria has a great Newsweek article on Saudi Arabia, it’s battle with terrorists and prospects for the future.
Here is a particularly significant point:
Saudi Arabia is not a rich country. one is struck by that fact driving through its cities. For a brief decade and a half it was wealthy, before population growth and […]
10:21 am on Monday, June 21, 2004
David Brooks writes:
Earlier this month, Andres Oppenheimer of The Miami Herald asked John Kerry what he thought of something called the Varela Project. Kerry said it was “counterproductive.” It’s necessary to try other approaches, he added.
The Varela Project happens to be one of the most inspiring democracy movements in the world today. It is being […]
8:32 am on Monday, June 21, 2004
SpaceShipOne completes first privately financed trip to Space!
Rocket plane SpaceShipOne reached an altitude above 62.5 miles (100 km) during its brief flight Monday morning, making it the first privately built craft to fly in space, controllers said.
I expect this will fuel a lot of interest in space over the next few years, to our benefit.
7:29 am on Monday, June 21, 2004
This article is intriguing.
There are whispers among high-level political advisers to President Bush suggesting the possibility of replacing Dick Cheney with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as the vice presidential running mate prior to the Republican National Convention in New York beginning Aug. 30.
Cheney, who has no aspirations to run for president in […]
5:35 am on Monday, June 21, 2004
This report that Saudi terrorists are claiming got help to pull of the kidnapping of Paul Johnson from the Saudi Police is interesting.
It is difficult to know if this is accurate or not, but it is interesting. The fact that Paul Johnson’s killers were caught so quickly (and killed) also makes it seem like […]
8:46 pm on Friday, June 18, 2004
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