Clark Kent Ervin, director of the Homeland Security Initiative at the Aspen Institute, opines that as the United States hardens its anti-terrorists measures for certain types of attacks, the terrorists will switch their attention to "softer" targets.
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Monday, May 8
Coming to a U.S. school or shopping mall -- a terror attack?
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billdoskoch
on Mon 08 May 2006 01:43 AM EDT
Want to shrink government? Raise taxes.
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billdoskoch
on Mon 08 May 2006 01:36 AM EDT
Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby cites an Atlantic Monthly article by Jonathan Rauch that examines the neo-con theory that to shrink the size of government, one has to cut taxes. Actually, a Cato Institute economist has found quite the opposite. more »
Cheap New York hotels
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billdoskoch
on Mon 08 May 2006 01:25 AM EDT
It's all relative, I suppose: "Cheap" in the Washington Post's world is under $200 US per night. However, this travel interactive also links to info about bed-and-breakfasts in Brooklyn and accomodations right across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
Making art in unstable places
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billdoskoch
on Mon 08 May 2006 01:16 AM EDT
This Washington Post story talks about the difficulties faces by artists of all stripes when working in the unstable environment of Africa. more »
C-Span pissed over the Colbert video floating around out there
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billdoskoch
on Mon 08 May 2006 01:10 AM EDT
C-Span, trying to sell video of Stephen Colbert sniping at Dubya during last week's White House Correspondents' Dinner, was mightily annoyed that ifilm.com and youtube.com had free clips up of that very same speech. more » |
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