1. Surprise!
2. Construction in the US.
3. Hypocrisy.
4. Theodicy and history.
5. Hostile questions.
6. I’m opposed to Federal (and State) regulation of marriage (and a regular reader)… does that count?  Because that policy would certainly result in some areas not allowing it and other to do so.
7. Zoooom!!!
8. Ownership.
9. A young lady.
10. Sub-4. And media bias (assuming Fox = “the media”). And speaking of bias, the second link put scare quotes on the categorization of Ms Palin as a runner, a sub-4 hour marathon means that yes, indeed, she is a runner … scare quotes are inappropriate.
11. South America and some coup history.
12. Lessons for the rich.
13. Exactly.
14. Crises.
15. A film.

Chantal Delsol has a prior book to go along with The Unlearned Lessons Of the Twentieth Century, a book titled Icarus Fallen. Tonight, I’m reading.

I did have a quick remark, which may or may not spur discussion. It seems to me Congress is becoming less and less influential? But is that because the Federal government in general is gaining power and that Congress is not doing so as quickly as the other branches so it only appears to be losing in influence? Rome as we all know had its Legislative body subsumed by the Executive. Why do we think that will not happen here?