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I thought that the speech and policy prescriptions it outlined were ok. I doubt that it will please anyone who is deeply interested in this debate, but for the most part it seems like a reasonable compromise to me.
The one thing I most dislike is the guest worker program. Not that […]
I am not a frequent reader of Little Green Footballs, but I saw a link to this post in the comments at Belmont Club and it is something interesting to think about. Charles Johnson posits that Ahmadinejad’s letter to President Bush is An Islamic Declaration of War.
I am not certain that this is correct, […]
This is a tax increase plan that I like.
Of course if you have read this blog at all, or are a frequent reader of the Skeptical Optimist (and if you aren’t, you should be, the only thing wrong with his blog is not frequent enough posts) you can probably guess that raising tax rates isn’t […]
Reuters.com
The European Union pledged on Monday to make Iran a generous offer of technology, economic and other incentives but stressed Tehran must comply first with international demands to halt sensitive nuclear activities.The 25-member bloc wants to present Iran with a stark choice of accepting the offer, expected to be delivered around the end of the […]
CNN.com
The U.N. atomic agency found traces of highly enriched uranium at an Iranian site linked to the country’s defense ministry, diplomats said Friday, adding to concerns that Tehran was hiding activities aimed at making nuclear arms.The diplomats, who demanded anonymity in exchange for revealing the confidential information, said the findings were preliminary and still had […]
Petitedov went to an Ayaan Hirsi Ali book signing. His entire post is well worth reading, but this one point that she made explains perfectly a concept I have tried to get across myself on occassion.
In response she made the distinction between “majority rule” and the Western ideals of “democracy” in which individual rights are […]
New York Times
President Hosni Mubarak’s government dispatched thousands of riot police into the center of the city today to silence and beat demonstrators intent on showing support for judges demanding independence from the president.
The riot police blocked streets and subway stations and sealed off the Judge’s Club, a stately building that has become a kind […]
Gib has generously helped President Bush craft a response letter.
Open-Source Diplomacy at its finest!
SFgate.com
San Francisco’s BitTorrent Inc., the file-sharing site that became popular for offering free, illegal downloads of pirated movies and television shows, said Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Warner Bros. to make some of those same films and shows legally available online.This summer, BitTorrent users will be able to download about 200 Warner […]
