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Following my in-depth interview of Andrew Romanoff on Backbone Radio on Sunday evening (podcast HERE), an interview in which we briefly discussed the few "hate mail" e-mails he's received regarding his work with IDE helping lift many thousands of the wo… more »

Having lived in Australia and being married to an Aussie who has friends and family in Queensland, including in areas hard-hit by the massive rains and floods, I am perhaps closer to the situation than most Americans.  The images from Toowoomba, from th… more »

H/T Rusty S. I think you'd have to agree these speak for themselves...   more »

In the interest of lightening the mood following a week of intense and disturbing news, from Tucson to Queensland, Australia... From the "he paid HOW much?!?" files: Last week, a giant 750 pound bluefin tuna sold in Tokyo for about $390,000 (no that's… more »

Thanks to Mike Rogers for this blog contribution:There has been a great deal of bluster and noise about the need to get the New START treaty ratified by the Senate during the lame duck session. Part of the argument offered for the need for haste is tha… more »

The Prime Minister of Italy, Sylvio Berlusconi may be many things.  But dull certainly isn't one of them. From a BBC News story about his barely getting through a vote of "no confidence" in parliament, and the riots that followed the vote: Mr Berlu… more »

H/T Eric W. In an interesting and aggressive editorial, the Jerusalem Post explains that Barack Obama overtly lied to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he told Netanyahu that Israel must make concessions to the Palestinians in order to gen… more »

It is possible, as this article suggests, that the danger from the WikiLeaks release of a quarter million State Department cables is overstated, or even that some positive outcomes from the release could occur. But don't let this chatter fool you. Wh… more »

WikiLeaks, the site run by accused rapist Julian Assange, has, depsite a massive Denial of Service attack on its main site, posted tens of thousands of US State Department cables on a sub-site at http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/. These cables appear to… more »

H/T Mike R. Spain's Socialist Catalonian Party created a video of a young woman going to vote and ending with the caption "Voting is a pleasure."  It's generating a lot of talk in Spain.  I find it rather amusing and harmless.  You can judge for yourse… more »