I judge this debate to be a tie. As I said previously, in some ways a tie is a win for Bush but certainly not enough to knock Kerry out of the race.
I think Bush did very well at showing he is steadfast and a strong leader and also did well showing [...]
A lot of people are saying that tonights debate may well determine the election. I think that there is still plenty of time for things to change, but I agree that this is the last best chance for the candidates.
I’ll try to take off my partisan hat for a moment and give a critique [...]
This interview segment with Diane Sawyer is emblamatic of John Kerry’s problem:
DIANE SAWYER: Was the war in Iraq worth it?
JOHN KERRY: We should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today.
DS: So it was not worth it.
JK: We should not — it depends on the outcome ultimately — and that depends [...]
Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy posts on a recent court decision and the media’s explanation of it:
As I noted in my post below, a recent decision of the Southern District of New York struck down part of a 1986 law known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. How does the press report the decision? [...]
New York Post:
JACK Daniel’s has sparked outrage among serious drinkers by unceremoniously lowering the proof of its famous Tennessee Whiskey from 86 to 80.
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Rich writes, “Jack Daniel’s is, of course, a private corporation and they can do whatever the hell they want,” but called the alcohol dilution “unfathomable blasphemy. They can lower the proof to [...]
Just go read Lileks already.
When Luther nailed his theses to the door, it was a challenge; some read what he had to say. Others wondered what gave him the right to pick up a hammer.
CNN:
Suspected insurgents launched deadly car bomb attacks Thursday in Baghdad, killing at least 45 people — most of them children — and wounding scores more in operations aimed at Iraqi government targets.
A hospital official told The Associated Press 35 children were killed.
“We are obviously seeing a major onslaught by the terrorists on Baghdad and some [...]
Rand Simberg has a post talking about private enterprise and militarization of space. This is an interesting topic, one that I would enjoy discussing in detail at some point. This is not that point, instead I want to quote pseudonymous commenter Ben Zeen:
Vincent: And you know what they call a… a… a Quarter [...]
Powerline has some comments on the Murray vs. Nethercut Senate race here in Washington State.
If this isn’t enough to turn the election in Nethercutt’s direction, the people of Washington must be unconscious.
Sadly, the people of Washington are unconscious, which is why I don’t bother following State politics very closely. I would love to see [...]
This seems like good news.
A Nigerian rebel leader claimed tonight he had reached a peace deal that would bring an end to fighting in the oil rich south that has helped push up world fuel prices.
Moujahid Dokubo-Asari, who heads the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, said he agreed to a peace deal with President Olusegun [...]
