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TSA's John Pistole: Scanners Might Not Stop an Underwear Bomber
I'll have more on this later, but I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with John Pistole, the administrator of the Transportation Security…
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I'll have more on this later, but I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with John Pistole, the administrator of the Transportation Security…
From the Guardian:Recently I went to the theatre, as I am wont to do. The acting was impeccable, the direction insightful, the costumes fun, the…
Reuters
Two articles that will leave even the most committed cynic slack-jawed in wonder at the country's promise
Reuters
Okay, I now have definitive proof that al Qaeda has actually won. It hasn't achieved the dissolution of the United States, or succeeded in murdering…
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In honor of Christopher Hitchens, whose memorial is today, I present the ineffable Mel Gibson on the subject of our hero. This is from my interview…
Reuters
An interview with the actor and co-founder of the nongovernmental organization Water.org on U.S. foreign aid
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It turns out that Mel Gibson is an anti-Semite, according to screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, who was hired by Gibson to write a Judah Maccabee biopic.…
The Atlantic
Personal heroes, addressing criticism, Passover, and how to make gefilte fish
Carl Cannon has written a lovely remembrance of our mutual friend, the former Atlantic editor Michael Kelly, who died nine years ago today in Iraq
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