Today’s Wall Street Journal had an article on the cover page titled Boston Bombing Suspect Was Steeped In Conspiracies. At first I didn’t know what they were going for. I thought perhaps the media/government thought it would be handy to be able to blame the Boston Marathon Bombing both on radical Islamists AND right-wing extremists (more…)
Much is being made in the news right now about a GOP that is pulling itself apart. The common representation of the struggle is that it is a battle between the far right and the far, far right, or as Mother Jones framed it in describing the Karl Rove PAC dedicated to supporting hand-picked Republicans (more…)
Not for nothin, but the guidelines for Russian passport photos are clear: No glasses allowed. Check out the guideline third from the bottom in the picture below. If you’ve ever tried to get a passport, especially a foreign one, you know they don’t make exceptions to these rules because a photo that doesn’t adhere to (more…)