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I've got some deadlines in the next few weeks, so before the end of the year blogging will be light. Hope to get back up to speed by Jan...

I've been having some problems with my laptop lately, and may have to reboot and reformat the whole thing. So, the blog may be offline f...

From today's NY Times Magazine article by James Traub : Angola is a very, very poor country, but it is also an extremely rich one, for ...

From Opinionjournal.com : As one of those privileged to have studied under Friedman, I felt a special loss at his death but also a sense of ...

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From MichelleMalkin.com : Today, upon news of the death of Nobel Laureate economist Dr. Milton Friedman, Gordon St. Angelo, president and CE...

From Slate : Is it too literal-minded to point out what any viewer of the movie can see for himself—that the crowd at the rodeo stops cheeri...

From his article in The National Interest: Alongside the easy and fast victory over Saddam Hussein, the Bush Administration made a critical...

In case you didn't understand what prime minister Feliks Kulov said in Kyrgyzstan, the president of Kazakhstan also expressed his frustr...

From his Mirror (UK) article, The Man Who Would Not Listen : Is it only five years since the society columns in Washington were describing D...

From the Veteran's Administration Veteran's Day website : A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America Through th...

From Ann Coulter.com So the left won the House and also Nicaragua. They've had a good week. At least they don't have their finger on...

While the US elections were coming to a head, an attempted coup has been averted in the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Face-saving c...

...Matthews. Here's the background: Last night, the sister of someone I know came to town for a visit. We had a nice time at the Kennedy...

From Teresa Wiltz's fashion column in today's Washington Post: Designer Azhikhan, her blond hair providing striking contrast to her ...

President Bush's announcement yesterday shows that elections do make a difference. The Democrats wanted Rumsfeld's head--and they go...

In yesterday's Washington Post, Gauhar Abdygaliyeva published her op-ed responding to Borat's insult humor with intelligence and cl...

What does it mean? Democrats now control the House, the Senate hangs in the balance. it is the end of Bush's dominance, reaffirming his ...

You can follow the state=by-state and district-by-district results of today's US elections, here.

The Pew Center reports that the Democratic lead has been shrinking since the former Democratic Presidential candidate--a "D" stud...