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Archives for April 2004
Bio-Foods
I bought a new fruit tonight called a Grapple, which is a special apple that has been soaked or something to have the texture and juiciness of a Fuji Apple and the taste of Concord Grapes. Enough of the science- on to my review. It was awesome. I always refrigerate my apples for about 2-3 …
The Kerry Medal Flap
Jeff Jacoby provides the best write-up on the Kerry medal flap to date, and this part is particularly instructive: Not one voter in 100 would vote against Kerry for trashing his Vietnam War medals when he was 27 years old. What he did with his combat decorations in 1971 has no bearing on whether he …
“Appalling” About Sums It Up
Gary Farber sums up the abuse cases in Iraq with one word: Appalling. I don’t think there is much more toadd to that, but knowing me, I will. One of the reasons I was so quick to errantly state that the Marine Photo Hoax was a hoax when it wasn’t (you know what I mean, …
Being Matt Yglesias
Big Media Matt states that Euegene Volokh is close to jumping the shark: Meanwhile, Eugene Volokh seems to be poised precariously above the shark tank. Why? Because Volokh thinks it probably isn’t the best thing for a sitting US Senator to criticize the administration’s Middle East policies in an interview with a newspaper from the …
We Can Hope
I think I speak for many when I say that we can only hope the 9/11 Commission hearings today were this
The Sound You Hear
The sounds you now hear are not thunder, but Lee Atwater having a deep belly-laugh in heaven: In what may be a surprising move to some political circles, Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) has issued an invitation to former Democratic Primary rival Rev. Al Sharpton to address this summer’s Democratic National Convention in …