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Hey gang, long time no see. Anyone know if Part 1 of the Bin Laden takeout is available on FiOS on demand or streaming on the net? I apologize if I have posted this incorrectly. Rusty.

Any reason we need to back this guy? Any reason to boost him against McCaskill? Really, any? We could run a rusted out Chevy truck against her and win.

I'm shooting for Thanksgiving week in Central Florida, and would love to charter a boat for some offshore (Atlantic) fishing, but not sure if it's worthwhile. I grew up there, but don't know what, if anything, would be worthwhile. 2-4 anglers, looking for an all day trip.

Mika Brzenszki has recently lamented the gap between the earnings of men and women, and has pointed out that the top 30 CEO's count just one woman among them. I'd like to know where Mika's compensation stands relative to her "peers". Considering her commitment to a forthright and honest discussion, let's invite her to defend her own compensation.

When you think about it, isn't Obamacare just another version of Cash for Clunkers, substituting the older Americans for older vehicles? I'll leave it to you to draw the comparisons, but they are (frightfully) numerous.

Article8 January 2004 Tuskegee re-examined by Richard A Shweder It is said of Thucydides, the great ancient Greek historian, that his recording of human events during the Peloponnesian War is 'marked by accuracy and a studied impartiality'. Some of the intellectual virtues we associate with a Thucydides, or with a Socrates (a principled commitment to explore the other side) are at risk of being sacrificed in our contemporary public policy forums. All too often these days one witnesses the triumph of identity politics over critical reason. All too often a rhetoric of evil and moral horror demanding protective public...

    Author ArchiveE-mail AuthorSend to a FriendPrint Version May 28, 2003, 9:25 a.m.Disenfranchise the Public SectorI’m not the only one voting for fewer voters. RO readers who patronize The Corner may have read my recent confessions in respect of heavyweight political science, viz., it sends me to sleep. I would rather remove my own gall bladder with a pair of rusty scissors than be obliged to read the collected works of Leo Strauss. However, while I can't handle the highbrow stuff, I am a fairly keen reader of pop-poli-sci books. In this respect I resemble a person who......

Any LegalFreepers out there that can freepmail me to offer a quick consult on a sticky situation regarding a home purchase?

<p>"If he's behind a tree and tries to hit a driver off a lie this deep, I'm going to tell him how dumb it was," Miller says. "The way I announce, I don't have to be fake. So I'm not Bill Clinton or a politician trying to be politically correct. I just tell what I see. I am what I am."</p>

P> The cackle on the other end of the phone line belongs to Marvin Mitchelson, the lawyer celebrities often turn to when love goes wrong. The guy who pioneered the palimony suit (see: Marvin vs. Marvin, 1972) is tickled with what racer Jeff Gordon and his legal eagles are up to. Down in Florida, Gordon has countersued his soon-to-be former wife, Jennifer Brooke Sealey, claiming he’s entitled to more than half the couple’s marital assets because he has made "extraordinary contributions to the acquisition of the funds as a result of his hazardous, life-threatening occupation." Hey, you can be sure...

Orwell: Politics and the English Language Politics and the English Language 1946 Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument runs -- must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language ...

From Today's Page Six: We hear . . . THAT the patriots at freerepublic.com waited until tomorrow afternoon to schedule a pro-Bush rally at 41st Street and Broadway because they figured so many Republicans are gainfully employed, the turnout would be less huge on a weekday . . .

Watching the back and forth, I have come to the realization that legitimacy is going to be the keyword for the next four years. My idea of a paralyzing concession speech by Mr. Bush (not to be construed as Mr. Bird's endorsement of a Bush concession): "As this great country of ours has watched the election process drawn to its most absurd conclusion, it is quite clear that my opponent has decided to move this in a direction never foreseen by the founding fathers. As a result, I am compelled to concede this election to the vice president, knowing that ...