A new book containing some of the Reagan diaries will appear soon, and it occured to me that in the not so distant future, historians are not going to have the same luxuries. I simply do not know anyone who has a diary, and after the Packwood affair, I doubt very many politicians do, either.
Archives for May 2007
The Jack Abramoff Of Sex
For whatever reason the newsreading public loves them a sex scandal. Maybe illicit sex is easier to understand than white collar crime (to illustrate, please write down what exactly Jack Abramoff did wrong. you have five minutes). It could have to do with that extra dose of personal humiliation. It probably owes more than we …
Hey, Teacher
British readers will be proud to know that their tax money pays for breakthroughs like this: Only half of teenagers back raising the education age to 18, compared with 71% of parents, a poll suggests. Tomorrow: 71% of teenagers favor legalizing pot, 80% of parents oppose.
More Brains On The Couch
* New evidence for Gulf War Syndrome: Regions of the brain important for thinking and memory may have shrunk in some veterans of the first Gulf War, according to a new study. The decline is at its worst in veterans who report more symptoms of what is commonly called ‘Gulf War syndrome’, the mysterious condition …
Searing Indictment From A Former Bush Official
Now seems like a fine time to revisit a blistering piece by former Solicitor General Theodore Olson in the September 2000 American Spectator. Sadly no copy is available online, formatting is mine. The [DOJ] and its officials traditionally have been held to a standard of independence and non-partisanship not expected at other federal agencies. While …
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