I see Maha is a bit upset that Ed Rogers “called Carter a loser”:http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/29/civil-discourse/ on Harball. I take it she finds Rogers tone of voice irritating.
To be fair, Carter did lose an election; and his polices were not particularly popular. On the other hand, I don’t think Carter fits the classic loser mold. Let’s compare [...]

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There’s this diner on 23rd street in Arlington that the Elf and I have been to a few times. It’s been there for years, but I’ve never stopped in, because it looked like it was on the bad end of a game of Architecture Telephone. You see, the original diners were designed after railroad dining [...]

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It’s Monday and everyone’s hung over from the long Thanksgiving weekend, so it seems suitable time to revisit “this clumsy illustration”:http://www.thudfactor.com/wordpress/2006/11/22/science-religion/ on the relationship between science and religion. More after the jump:

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So we’re putting up this year’s War On Christmas tree and I break out the Christmas music. First is the Charlie Brown Christmas album by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, which is something of a tradition now—insofar as the last three years or so can be called “tradition.” With that over, we’re in uncharted territory. I [...]

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Trying to broaden my horizons a bit, I replaced the Washington Post feeds on my browser home page with those from local news station “WTOP”:http://www.wtopnews.com/. I’m not sure it was the smartest thing to do. Practically every time I load the page I’m faced with at least one story that’s either heart-wrenching, disgusting, creepy, or [...]

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