Daily Archives: June 14, 2002

Incompetence and punishment

Chicago Boy Jonathan Gewirtz quotes Robert L. Bartley in Monday’s Wall Street Journal: When the government fails in its most basic functions — say, protecting our citizens from foreign enemies — no one at the FBI or CIA loses his … Continue reading Continue reading

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Airport security update

Al Gore was twice pulled aside for random security checks while flying Midwest Airlines between Washington and Milwaukee. Gore apparently took the indignity with good patience. Via my buddy Drew on the RoundTable list. I saw him drop a hint … Continue reading Continue reading

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MLB contraction update

Rob Neyer does the math and concludes that contraction in 2003 or beyond is increasingly unlikely. Continue reading

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Junius asks

why no one in blogdom has commented on the new visa rules, in which people from certain countries, but not Saudi Arabia, have to get fingerprinted and interrogated in order to enter the US. He wonders if it’s because Robert … Continue reading Continue reading

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Think he could room with Salman Rushdie?

I didn’t imagine I could feel anything other than contempt for the so-called “artist” Eminem, but if this report is true, then he will have my sympathy: Metro Detroit hip-hop artist Eminem (news – web sites) has reportedly received threats … Continue reading Continue reading

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