links for 2007-05-29 As You Know, Bob: Thought for the Day: Well, it's a trivial observation, but it's gratifying to see such substantive evidence for it: 'Science fiction' and 'religion' meet some of the same needs. LibraryThing's unsuggester points this out: the "opposite" Unqualified Offerings: Thoreau: My wife and I just saw Ron Paul on CNN. She liked what he had to say and so I told her “He’s also against torture.” She said “Really? That’s good.” And then I realized that we live in the sort of country wher Eschaton: But even if we imagine that somehow there exists, if not a magical pony plan, at least something, some way to improve things just a bit. The reality is George Bush and his merry band of incompetent psychopaths are in power for the next 20 months Ezra Klein: Preventive Care vs. Health Care?: Probably not than encouraging the use of statins, or hypertensive drugs, or daily tablets of aspirin. There are a lot of highly effective medical interventions which are very, very cheap. But our system is ver Matthew Carr: These men are cynical, shameless and without honour. Asked by a distraught young American widow whose husband had died in Iraq why the administration went to war, Perle replied without batting an eyelid that the information on 'our desks' ke Matthew Carr: These men are cynical, shameless and without honour. Asked by a distraught young American widow whose husband had died in Iraq why the administration went to war, Perle replied without batting an eyelid that the information on 'our desks' ke Wait, people actually believe that? § Unqualified Offerings: Thoreau: I would certainly not want the troops left without food, water, and ammo, but defunding isn’t about that. It’s about ending the program, and when there’s no more money to fight Frederick North, Lord North Movies: Waitress (2007) Thucydides: Pericles' Funeral Oration Felix Salmon: What is Ben Stein Smoking?: Stein then names five cars he admires. There are two Japanese cars on the list, the Nissan Altima and the Toyota Camry. There are also three Detroit cars: the Chrysler 300C, the Cadillac Escalade, and the aforemen
