The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has issued its quarterly report to Congress. Its mostly an auditor type report, so I don’t really recommend reading it. A few highlights however: The theme of this Quarterly Report, “A Nascent Normalcy: The...
“THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WON:” Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. “There’s nothing going on. I’m with the 10th Mountain Division, and...
In 2004, 122,294,978 people voted. In 2008, final turnout was approximately 131.3 million. The Census Department estimate of the voting age population for 2008 is 227.7 million. The percentage of eligible voters who actually voted was about 57.7%, up about 1% from...
I’ve talked in the past about how a person’s blood pressure is significantly influenced by the ratio of potassium to sodium in one’s diet, not necessarily the amount of sodium itself. One way to positively affect this ratio is to use a salt...
As Mr John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the 23d of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night. Two or three men, conversing earnestly together, ceased as he...
