War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
All the worries about swine flu, the ecomony or even global warming could be put to rest with this little unsettling  problem: General James Jones said Pakistan’s army had repeatedly told him the stockpile was “under control”, but “this is very much an ongoing topic”. … “If Pakistan doesn’t continue in the direction that it…
Why the US talks out the ass. Churchgoing makes one a much-nicer person: More than half of people who attend services at least once a week — 54 percent — said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” or “sometimes” justified. Only 42 percent of people who “seldom or never” go to services agreed,…
“When the President does it, that means it is not illegal.” — Richard M. Nixon, TV interview with David Frost, May 20, 1977. Condi Rice opened her mouth this week and spewed forth Dick Nixon, and in doing so, told the ghost of Ronald Reagon to go flush himself. During an impromtu question-and-answer session at Stanford:…