When I saw this announcement of the Smithsonian Opening of the David H. Koch Hall, it seemed like a great reason to take a trip to Washington. Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins chronicles human evolution Washington Post Richard Potts Director, Human Origins Program March 19, 2010 The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has […]
Perusing the recent document dump from the CIA, I ran across some 2004 memos that seemed interesting, but I felt I was walking in on the middle of a movie. I was. It was an exchange between the 911 Commission and the Bush Administration – Gonzales [President], Scott Muller [CIA], and Stephen Cambone [DoD]. emptywheel […]
A review the prewar "intelligence" that took us to war in Iraq: Curveball: "RÄfid Aḥmad ‘AlwÄn known by the Central Intelligence Agency pseudonym "Curveball", is an Iraqi citizen who defected from Iraq in 1999, claiming that he had worked as a chemical engineer at a plant that manufactured mobile biological weapon laboratories as part of […]
Update: New American History Standards By Ramparts360.com By Ken Mercer I returned to Austin last week to continue the Texas State Board of Education’s battle against the Far Left and their outrageous attempts to rewrite and revise our state’s Social Studies standards. Together, you and I won huge victories in our fight for true and […]
Irish Cardinal Apologizes for Role in Abuse Scandal New York Times By JOHN F. BURNS and RACHEL DONADIO March 17, 2010 DUBLIN — The besieged leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland said Wednesday he was “ashamed” of the role he had played decades ago in handling accusations of child sex abuse against a priest […]
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and this topic is something that I only know about slightly. In the course of an attempt to understand the writing of the French Psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan, I ran across the writings of Alexandre Kojève, a philosopher who interpreted the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel – particularly […]
Rewriting History in Texas editorial New York Times March 15, 2010 The Texas Board of Education, notorious for its past efforts to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools, has now moved to revise the social studies curriculum to portray conservative ideas and movements in a more positive light and emphasize the role of […]
In general, the British Press wasn’t kind to Prime Minister Gordon Brown about his Chilcot Inquiry appearance. But their complaints were not like my own, they had a more concrete beef. In his testimony, he repeatedly denied ever withholding funds from the military effort. That’s where the Press and the public outcry was focused: What […]
As I mentioned in my last post, the Prime Minister did not hide behind the WMD argument for invading Iraq. He argued that it was to maintain the post-Cold War institutions of the international community. His logic became flawed the minute they decided to invade without UN support. Sir Roderic Lyne asked Brown about that […]
Let’s just be honest – the British can be extremely boring to the American ear. They use too many words with that droning accent, with non-verbal nuances that just can’t be read by we yanks with any accuracy. So, knowing that it would be the rare bird that would listen to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s […]