Tariq Aziz is in the headlines: He was the urbane, English-speaking deputy to Saddam Hussein, the bespectacled face of the former Iraqi dictator’s regime, at home on the international stage. Yet nothing had been heard or seen from Tariq Aziz since he surrendered to US forces on 24 April, 2003, as Iraq crumbled around him… …
Archives for May 2005
Prager On Religion
This is a genuinely interesting piece on the difference between liberal and conservative religious peoples: A number of years ago I discovered a root cause of America’s culture war. It came to me as I debated professor Alan Dershowitz about issues of Jewish concern before a 1,000 Jews at the 92nd Street “Y” in New …
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Damn Amish
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An Interesting Piece
Rick Moran, who is still a strident Bush supporter, lists where he thinks the administration has failed. Personally, I don’t really like Kerry, but I am hard pressed to see how things would be worse with him as President. As I have stated repeatedly, the way Republicans have been behaving since the election, the Democrats …
I Don’t Get It
This is just stupid: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger traveled to a quiet San Jose neighborhood Thursday, and — dogged by protesters — filled a pothole dug by city crews just a few hours before, as part of an attempt to dramatize his efforts to increase money for transportation projects. The choreographed press opportunity — at least …
Coming to a Doctor Near You
The battle, I believe, has been lost: At a time when Congress has been torn by partisan battles, 24 ideologically disparate leaders representing the health care industry, corporations and unions, and conservative and liberal groups have been meeting secretly for months to seek a consensus on proposals to provide coverage for the growing number of …