Don't Drink and Ride
The big story up in Boston is about a drunk woman who fell on the train tracks at North Station and, were it not for the quick thinking of her fellow straphangers and a conductor, would have been flattened by the T train. The video is unbelievable. READ MORE >>
Gordon Brown's Spelling
Meanwhile, in other Gordon Brown news, the P.M. is involved in a nasty public dispute with the grieving mother of a British solider killed in Afghanistan who didn't appreciate the misspellings in a handwritten condolence note Brown sent her. This is pretty much the definition of a no-win situation for a politician . . . READ MORE >>
A Bit More on Fort Hood and Terrorism
I appreciate (and share) John's concern that calling the Fort Hood shootings terrorism arouses fears of a Jihadist conspiracy in our midst that may not exist, or that may be containable by the same means we are presently using. READ MORE >>
Life in the Brig
Via Ben Smith, the Charleston Post and Courier has a very interesting article about (based on even more interesting surveillance videos of) terrorism detainee Ali Saleh al-Marri's life while being held in the Charleston Naval Brig. READ MORE >>
Does Fort Hood Have a Meaning (cont'd)?
I Think Iran Has Given Obama Its Answer
David Sanger's story in today's NYT about the Obama administration's unsuccessful back-channel efforts to get Iran to agree to a nuclear deal finishes with this telling--and not unrelated--detail: Mr. Obama is reported to have sent Ayatollah Khamenei two private letters this year, but he received only one response, mostly a litany of past grievances. READ MORE >>
What Will It Take to Make Women's Soccer a Mass Spectator Sport?
A little while ago, I spent some time thinking about that question and came up with a tentative answer: women's soccer needs more jerks playing it. I'd say the fact that ESPN Sports Center featured these highlights from the semifinals of a mid-major conference college tournament (i.e., not exactly the World Cup) helps my argument. READ MORE >>
Does Ft. Hood Have a Meaning?
James Fallows writes: READ MORE >>
Did Hillary's Election Strategy Work Two Years Too Late?
Remember all the talk about Hillary's "inevitability strategy" a couple years ago, and (with the benefit of hindsight, of course) how dumb it was? Well, reading these couple grafs from today's NYT story on Bloomberg's narrow election, it seems like the same strategy pretty much won him the race: READ MORE >>
Chapel Hill's Just Trying to Keep Up With Its Neighbor
Chapel Hill's getting some national attention for electing a gay mayor last night. Good for Chapel Hill! But this sort of thing isn't that unusual in that part of North Carolina. After all, a couple years ago, Carrboro, the town that borders Chapel Hill to the west, had a gay mayor and a lesbian police chief. READ MORE >>
