Buckle Up (Tuesday, January 22, 2008)
Is the bottom about to fall out?
The Coming War With Iran (Thursday, February 1, 2007)
In the distance, you can hear the drums beating already
What Not to Do This Summer (Thursday, August 3, 2006)
Jeez louise
Passages: A. Scott Crossfield (Friday, April 21, 2006)
An aviation pioneer is lost
Free Speech, and Its Discontents (Monday, February 6, 2006)
When liberal institutions meet illiberal constituencies
Bush to McCain and Congress: Blow Me (Sunday, January 8, 2006)
On torture, that is
Where Is America? (Thursday, December 22, 2005)
By now you've probably heard that President Bush authorized the use of the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on American...
Punk'd (Monday, October 3, 2005)
The Miers nomination
The End of New Orleans: So Much for Mike Brown (Friday, September 9, 2005)
Na na na na, hey hey hey, go-oo-oo-d-bye...
The End of New Orleans: "Three Days" (Friday, September 9, 2005)
Just how bad is the toxic soup that has drowned New Orleans? From the Shifting Baselines blog: Three days. That's...
The End of New Orleans: And The Buck-Passing Begins (Sunday, September 4, 2005)
Even as thousands remained to be evacuated from the sodden ruins of New Orleans, even as gun battles continued to...
The End of New Orleans: "They Don't Have a Clue" (Friday, September 2, 2005)
Mayor Nagin, on the response so far
The End of New Orleans: Diaspora Begins (Thursday, September 1, 2005)
Update from the disaster area
The End of New Orleans: I Spoke Too Soon (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)
On Monday, when it became clear that Hurricane Katrina was going to jog to the east and avoid a direct...
The End of New Orleans? (Sunday, August 28, 2005)
Maybe...
"Minor" Blasts Shut Down London Underground (Thursday, July 21, 2005)
No casualties this time, thankfully
Terrorists Attack London Transit System; "Many" Casualties (Thursday, July 7, 2005)
Tragedy in the UK
Not With a Whimper (Monday, February 21, 2005)
Doctor Raoul Duke (aka Hunter S. Thompson) leaves this two-bit dimension behind for good
Escalation (Thursday, February 10, 2005)
North Korea is da bomb. No, wait. Make that North Korea *has* The Bomb
Fox News Meltdown (Thursday, January 20, 2005)
Vanity Fair editor gets the smackdown from FNC for daring to express own opinion: film at 11
Tragedy and Hope (Monday, December 27, 2004)
Two stories from the wires
North Korea Rattling the Saber (Tuesday, December 14, 2004)
How many ways can you interpret "maximum physical damage", do you think?
Ukraine to Re-Run Election (Monday, December 6, 2004)
Progress toward a fair election
Winds of Change in the Ukraine (Wednesday, December 1, 2004)
If you're not reading the excellent blog Ukraine_Revolution, you should be. We (and personally me, my friends, my family, my...
Ridge Is Out (Tuesday, November 30, 2004)
And he's not even being kicked upstairs!
Our Noble Leaders (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)
Condi, Condi, Condi
Another Big Resignation (Monday, November 15, 2004)
Almost makes you wonder who's STAYING
Hey D.C.: Baseball's Back (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)
All the hemming and hawing is over
Governor McGreevey's Secret(s) (Friday, August 13, 2004)
Pandora's box opens in New Jersey
Data That Prompted Terror Alert Pre-dates 9/11 (Tuesday, August 3, 2004)
Hey, we found these terrorists' notes behind a file cabinet...
Terror Alert for Financial Buildings in DC, NY, NJ (Sunday, August 1, 2004)
DHS raises threat level on key financial installations
FMA Killed In the Senate (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)
Senators give a bad idea the fate it deserves
Finally, Some Good News In the War on Terror (Sunday, June 20, 2004)
Paul Johnson's killer, killed in turn
Hostage Paul Johnson Beheaded (Friday, June 18, 2004)
First Nicholas Berg. Now, Paul Johnson
Moran Accused of (Another) Anti-Semitic Remark (Friday, June 4, 2004)
Ugh
Al-Qaeda Claims To Behead American -- On Video (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)
Jesus Christ
Best. Screen Capture. Ever. (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)
Seen on Wonkette, who picked it up from the Presurfer......
Dear Mr. President (Saturday, April 10, 2004)
Take the honorable way out
Sleep Well, World! (Thursday, March 25, 2004)
Hundreds of Ukrainian missiles go walkies
A Victory for al Qaeda? (Sunday, March 14, 2004)
Let's hope not
Roh Impeachment (Friday, March 12, 2004)
Great coverage from Don Park
Bombs in Madrid Kill 173 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)
Terror attack on light rail by Basque separatists
E-Voting Fouls Up AGAIN (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)
Is anyone still surprised?
Grocery Strike Ends In Defeat (Monday, March 1, 2004)
Not a complete loss, but a loss nonetheless
Give Rodney A Shout-Out (Thursday, February 26, 2004)
You know he needs it
Pakistan Pushing for bin Laden, Omar (Monday, February 23, 2004)
About time
From Now On, It's Not "Rhode Island". It's "The Fatherland"! (Thursday, February 19, 2004)
Yeesh
E-Voting in Alexandria Now Too (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)
Ugh. Is there no escape?
E-Voting in Fairfax Gets Ready to Rrrrumble! (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)
Fairfax braces for another round of e-voting
Fiore on E-Voting (Friday, February 6, 2004)
Why won't people listen? E-voting sucks!
Do You Shop At Safeway? Well, Don't (Thursday, February 5, 2004)
Striking grocery workers need your support
In MA, Civil Rights Are For Everyone. What Radicalism! (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)
Moving forward, an inch at a time
Doomed to Repeat? (Monday, February 2, 2004)
One wonders if we've learned a thing
E-Voting: Maryland's Just As Borked As Virginia (Friday, January 30, 2004)
Yes, it gets worse
Charlie Hustle Comes Clean. Sort Of (Tuesday, January 6, 2004)
A new twist in a Cincinnati soap opera
Lenny Bruce Pardoned, 40 Years Late (Tuesday, December 23, 2003)
A genius gets his due
Follow the Money (Thursday, December 18, 2003)
Old financial improprieties come back to haunt John Ashcroft
Warm Up The Blamethrowers, Boys (Wednesday, December 17, 2003)
Sep. 11 investigation chair says attack could have and should have been prevented
Keeping Our Eye On the Ball (Monday, December 15, 2003)
A close call for Musharraf in Pakistan
Cringely on E-Voting, Part 2 (Friday, December 12, 2003)
Following up
Expedia to US Airways: Bugger Off, You (Tuesday, December 9, 2003)
Great, this will make booking flights easier
CLC Taking On Smith Bribery Case (Friday, December 5, 2003)
Some end-of-week good news
Cringely on E-Voting (Friday, December 5, 2003)
... and he's promising to name names
Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Gone (Tuesday, December 2, 2003)
... and MP3.com is gone
Krugman on E-Voting (Tuesday, December 2, 2003)
Short version: it sucks
E-Voting Under Fire In Fairfax (Tuesday, November 18, 2003)
Finally, someone's paying attention
E-Voting: Wait, It Gets Better (Wednesday, November 12, 2003)
Another debacle, this time in Indiana
White House to Hill Dems: Go Pound Sand (Friday, November 7, 2003)
Bush won't answer questions. Why?
Fairfax County's E-Voting Debacle (Thursday, November 6, 2003)
Well, that could have gone better
Google.NET? (Friday, October 31, 2003)
Microsoft moves on Google
Dubya Takes A Slap -- From Shrub Sr. (Thursday, October 23, 2003)
You did WHAT to Iraq??? To your room, young man!
Trust The Computer, Citizen (Monday, October 13, 2003)
Fairfax County election board: incompetent, or just stupid?
Give the President a Helping Hand (Thursday, October 9, 2003)
MoveOn says, let's do this the hard way
Well, At Least THAT'S Over (Tuesday, October 7, 2003)
Governor Schwarzenegger. Yuck
The Plame Affair (Finally) Getting Traction (Monday, September 29, 2003)
It's about time
Amina Lawal Is Free (Thursday, September 25, 2003)
A blow for rationality in Nigeria
If You Flew JetBlue, They're Watching You (Thursday, September 18, 2003)
Big Brother is... ah, you know the drill
From The "I Posted WHAT???" Department (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)
Guess that's one new webmaster job opening that'll be available soon...
Clark is (Almost Certainly) In (Monday, September 15, 2003)
Yawn
You've Gotta Read This (Friday, September 12, 2003)
A World Trade Center survivor opens up
Europe: A Continent of Chocolate Makers (Thursday, September 4, 2003)
U.S. on European allies: awww, they're such adorable widdle countries!
Not The Best Way To Start The Day (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)
Where are Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck when we need them?!?
Busted? (Friday, August 29, 2003)
No, Bursted
Where Adultery is a Capital Crime (Thursday, August 28, 2003)
Sharia in Nigeria
The Minutes After (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)
CBS News streaming raw footage of Baghdad blast, and its aftermath
The Moral of the California Recall (Friday, August 8, 2003)
Stop the insanity
Bombshell: The Valerie Plame Affair (Wednesday, July 30, 2003)
Is intelligence just politics by other means?
The Man Speaks the Truth (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)
The Howard and Larry Show
Dean Wins MoveOn "Primary" (Friday, June 27, 2003)
Muddled results from MoveOn primary
Microsoft Has Google "In Their Crosshairs" (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)
Redmond takes aim at Google
"Hitler's Second Book" (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)
Hitler speaks.... again
Fumbling the War on Terror (Monday, June 16, 2003)
Bad and getting worse
Reclaim the Public Domain (Monday, June 9, 2003)
I sent this out by e-mail this morning to my Big List of Friends & Family -- but on the...
Ashcroft Forbids Gay DoJ Staff to Meet (Friday, June 6, 2003)
Jen Klyse is calling out John Ashcroft for what looks like Yet Another egregiously closed-minded act by our fearless Attorney...
Microsoft Opens Up -- Just a Bit (Thursday, June 5, 2003)
Hey big spender, MS will open the kimono for you
Under New Management (Monday, June 2, 2003)
Just Well Mixed sells out
TV Network to Take Great Program, Ruin It (Monday, June 2, 2003)
Oh dear sweet merciful Lord, tell me this is a joke: David E. Kelley to produce next season of '24'...
So Does Microsoft At Least Pay For the Kneepads? (Friday, May 30, 2003)
Browser god Ian Hickson has written up everything you need to know about yesterday's settlement between Microsoft and AOL of...
Long Time Coming (Wednesday, May 28, 2003)
This is interesting -- there's a movement afoot in New York state to pardon Lenny Bruce, the controversial comedian who...
Welcome to the No-Spin Zone (Tuesday, May 27, 2003)
David Brake points to an amazing transcript of a recent interview on Fox's "O'Reilly Factor" between anchor-slash-blowhard Bill O'Reilly and...
Next! (Friday, May 23, 2003)
Given that the "Bush Doctrine" says that we will combat terrorism by unilaterally attacking any state that harbors terrorists or...
Creating a Monster (Friday, May 16, 2003)
Gary Hart has a good piece up on what happens to republics when they start to behave like empires....
Texas Dems Win! (Friday, May 16, 2003)
Big news from Texas -- the Democratic state legislators who walked out when the Republican majority tried to force legislative...
O'Reilly Adopts Limited Copyright Term (Friday, May 2, 2003)
This is interesting -- tech book publisher O'Reilly and Associates have adopted the limited, 28 year copyright term known as...
Ashleigh Banfield Steps Out on a Limb (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)
You know, I never gave much thought to MSNBC's Ashleigh Banfield as a serious journalist. She always struck me as...
Urgh (Monday, April 14, 2003)
Oh, dear sweet God, not this. That's wrong in more ways than I can count. Thankfully someone is doing something...
Who's Blogging Now? (Friday, March 28, 2003)
Does this new site make Gary Hart the first-ever Presidential candidate with a blog? He denies he's running yet, but...
Awww, Dad! (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)
From the Times of London: Bush Sr. Warning Over Unilateral Action. How pathetic is it that we have to read...
Playing Chicken (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)
Josh Marshall has an excellent analysis of the seriousness of the recent escalation of the North Korean situation. Meanwhile, John...
Not With a Bang... (Thursday, February 20, 2003)
Well, it looks like pioneering online magazine Salon.com is lurching toward its end -- apparently they can't even make their...
Kucinich "Ready to Run" (Tuesday, February 18, 2003)
Looks like Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich is prepping to run for President. That's great news -- Kucinich is a strong,...
D'oh (Friday, February 7, 2003)
Now that the British government has released its classified dossier on Saddam Hussein, we'll surely find out why it's so...
404: Reinforcements Not Found (Friday, January 31, 2003)
Apparently the military is facing a shortage of a critical defense resource: bandwidth. It seems that, even though forces in...
The Revolution Will Be Blogged (Tuesday, January 21, 2003)
Busted! (Monday, January 20, 2003)
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has busted the Bush Administration for hypocrisy on the issue of race. It turns...
Copyright Cartel Conquers Courts (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)
From Larry Lessig's blog: "The Supreme Court has rejected our challenge to the Sonny Bono Law." Well, looks like the...
AOL Is Dead (Tuesday, January 14, 2003)
You've probably heard by now that Steve Case is leaving AOL/Time Warner. Naturally AOLTW shareholders are cheering, as they're tired...
China Cracks Down On Blogs (Saturday, January 11, 2003)
Looks like the Chinese government has recently blocked access for its citizens to several major blog services hosted outside that...
Life Imitates Art (Thursday, January 9, 2003)
From an excellent article in today's New York Times covering Microsoft's new product announcements: Microsoft has built a new national...
Rumsfeld: Federal Propaganda Arm Not Quite Dead Yet (Wednesday, December 18, 2002)
Anyone remember the Office of Strategic Influence? It was an idea floated by Donald Rumsfeld for an agency within the...
Drip, Drip, Drip (Friday, December 13, 2002)
More on the ever-widening Trent Lott story... First up, looks like even the President is condemning him now. Finally, something...
Krauthammer Piles On (Thursday, December 12, 2002)
When it comes to people's political opinions, the ones I value the least are the ones that are the most...
Lott Backs Down (Tuesday, December 10, 2002)
A follow-up to my previous item about the bigoted remarks Sen. Trent Lott recently made: Well, it looks like Lott...
Back to the Cotton Fields (Monday, December 9, 2002)
I'm a little surprised this isn't getting more press -- it certainly would seem to deserve it: As you may...
Speaking of Kissinger and 9/11 (Friday, December 6, 2002)
This is a RIOT: Get Your War On takes on Henry Kissinger "So, Henry Kissinger is in charge of the...
Henry Sez, "Trust Me" (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)
OK, this is more than a little unbelievable. As you may know, many people have been calling for a thorough...
Putting the DUH in Fun-duh-mental (Wednesday, November 27, 2002)
It appears that ignorance is once again on the march. NPR's Morning Edition reported Tuesday morning on the latest battle...
The Results Are In (Wednesday, November 6, 2002)
So, about that election... As Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo so eloquently puts it, "Well, that really could have...
Harvey Pitt Takes a Hike (Tuesday, November 5, 2002)
Well, it looks like we have the first big development of Election Day 2002: Harvey Pitt, the chairman of the...
More On The Snipers (Thursday, October 31, 2002)
Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo has an interesting perspective on the mounting evidence that the D.C. snipers weren't just killing...
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys (and Girls) Are Marching... (Wednesday, October 30, 2002)
So over the weekend I got talked into attending the big rally in downtown DC against war in Iraq. It...
Irreplaceable (Friday, October 25, 2002)
I can't believe I'm writing this: Today, Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN), maybe the last fire-breathing liberal in the Senate, died...
This Is Just Embarrassing (Friday, October 25, 2002)
As an Ohio native, I've spent a lot of time explaining to people here in DC that Ohio is more...
Sniper Snagged? (Thursday, October 24, 2002)
The AP is reporting that the prime suspects in the sniper shootings that have been keeping all of us who...
Mitch Kapor Returns (Monday, October 21, 2002)
I can't even begin to fully explain how exciting this is! Back in the Olden Days of personal computing (i.e.,...
Finally!!! (Thursday, October 10, 2002)
According to the latest mozilla.org status update, support for synchronizing the Mozilla address book with PalmPilots and other PalmOS devices...
The "X" Stands for "Xplain, Please" (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)
Microsoft has just announced their new Office file format, XDocs . That noise you hear is the sound of millions...
From the Department of Bad P.R. ... (Thursday, September 5, 2002)
You know, you would think being married to a politician would teach you not to shoot your mouth off on...
Mozilla 1.1 Out (Tuesday, August 27, 2002)
The world's best browser just got better -- Mozilla 1.1 was released to the public this morning. Improvements over the...
History in the Making (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)
Tara Sue Grubb, Libertarian candidate for Congress in North Carolina's 6th District, is the first Congressional candidate ever to have...
Passages: Tran Do (Monday, August 19, 2002)
For most Americans, the word "Vietnam" is just shorthand for an ugly war that we managed to botch. Which is...
Welcome to Blogworld, InfoWorld! (Tuesday, August 6, 2002)
Count up one more mainstream media outlet that sees the value of blogging as a communications channel -- InfoWorld columnist...
The Nightmare Scenario (Wednesday, July 24, 2002)
If you've been reading The Washington Post lately, it's hard to miss the emerging outlines of what could be thought...
Protect Your Neighbors! Report Them! (Tuesday, July 23, 2002)
For those of you under the impression that we still live in a free society, a quick look at this...
Another Deep Throat Suspect (Thursday, June 27, 2002)
Here's another name to add to your list of Deep Throat suspects -- Diane Sawyer. A fascinating article on Sheila...
"Homeland Security"? Puh-leeze (Wednesday, June 26, 2002)
It's pretty rare that I agree with ex-Reagan speechwriter and conservative ideologue Peggy Noonan. It's even rarer that I agree...
How Many Peasants With Pitchforks Fit In a Parking Garage, Anyway? (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)
So what with it having been the 30th anniversary of the Watergate break-in on June 17, there's been a new...
New Stuff from Yours Truly (Monday, June 17, 2002)
My latest article for the Online Community Report newsletter, entitled "Lessons From the Anthill", is now available for your consideration....
Maybe You Should Write Your Password Down, After All (Friday, June 7, 2002)
If you know any Norwegian-speaking hackers, give them a call and let them know that we've got a job for...
Oops (Thursday, May 16, 2002)
If this is true, it looks like someone has got a hell of a lot of explaining to do: CNN.com...
Kazaa -- ZombieWare? (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)
Hey kids... If you're a user of the popular file-sharing program Kazaa, you need to know this. CNet News.com is...
AMD Founder Steps Down Swinging (Friday, March 22, 2002)
For all the brouhaha that has surrounded the Microsoft antitrust trial, it's a little surprising that there isn't more mention...
Finally, a super Super Bowl! (Tuesday, February 5, 2002)
My congratulations go out to the New England Patriots, whose 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Sunday's Super...
Universal Music to Copy-Protect CDs (Thursday, January 17, 2002)
When is a CD not a CD? When it doesn't play in a CD player, duh.
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