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• Holocaust Denier Gets Prison in Germany

  Thu Feb 15, 2007
  • What about free speech?

• Federal Budget, 1956 vs. 2006

  Wed Feb 14, 2007
  • And here's the FY07 budget itself, FYI: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy07/pdf/budget/tables.pdf

• Federal Budget, 1956 vs. 2006

  Wed Feb 14, 2007
  • And, just to make sure things are clear: Total Federal Outlays for 2007 Budget: $2.4 trillion Total discretionary outlays (this includes defense but not entitlements), 2007 Budget: 987 billion, or 41% of the budget Total defense outlays, 2007 Budget: $473 billion, or 19.7%

• Federal Budget, 1956 vs. 2006

  Wed Feb 14, 2007
  • Social Security isn't discretionary spending. It's entitlement spending. It's a separate column. Those numbers are irrelevant.

• No Apology Required: "Wasted" Is the Right Word

  Tue Feb 13, 2007
  • That's silly. Of course it's not. Abortion? The death penalty? Self-sacrifice?

• No Apology Required: "Wasted" Is the Right Word

  Tue Feb 13, 2007
  • Wasted, perhaps, in the grand geopolitical sense. Wasted, perhaps, through the lens of national interest. Zoom in, though. Many died for each other. Once war was upon them, were those lives sacrificed to save brothers in arms wasted? It's not so clear to me. Nothing is so black and white.

• Too late to halt Iran’s nuclear bomb, EU is told (FT)

  Mon Feb 12, 2007
  • I'm not making normative claims. I am not making the case for stockpiling or the development of new nuclear devices. Of course I would prefer that no nuclear weapons exist in the world.

• Too late to halt Iran’s nuclear bomb, EU is told (FT)

  Mon Feb 12, 2007
  • Mogmich: I'm wrong about what? I didn't argue that the U.S. is in compliance with international law. I argued that the U.S. and other countries with nuclear capability are highly unlikely to disarm any time soon. If anything, your point demonstrates mine.

• Too late to halt Iran’s nuclear bomb, EU is told (FT)

  Mon Feb 12, 2007
  • "Global agreement on nuclear disarmament"?

• Military Ties Iran To Arms In Iraq, Iran Demands Proof (WaPo)

  Mon Feb 12, 2007
  • Thanks, tetsuo.