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Joseph Bottum discussed good 'ol South Dakota, America, and the Fall of Memory: American Childhood and the American Memory. Excerpt: WHEN I LONG FOR ESCAPE, I dream of the prairie. The last time I was out west, visiting my childhood...

Bush: U.N. should act on Syria

Interesting stuff here. A UN investigation apparently uncovered, and even more astoundingly, RELEASED information that the Syrian government was involved in the assassination of Lebanese former PM Habiri, after he very publicly called for Syria to get out of Lebanon once and for all.

As soon as thst assassination happened, the Chief would have been willing to bet on that being the case, and I'm NOT a gambling man (that would have been no gamble at all, being in the category of a sure thing, like betting on the law of gravity).

A truly astonishing thing is that anything associated with the UN would find and release corroboration for this. Another truly astonishing thing is the administration seeming to have an expectation that the UN would be capable of making any sort of effective response to this.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on the U.N. Security Council to hold those responsible for Hariri's death accountable.

"Hold them accountable.?" How so? Invade Syria? Send in the SEALs or Mossad to take them out? Cancel their VISA cards? The Chief would be surprised if the UN even got as far as a limp "wrist slapping" resolution expressing nominal regret at the dastardly deeds of the Syrians.

This Washington Post article is worth reading....

The current estimated Powerball lotter jackpot is $340 million dollars, with a cash value of about $164 million. It could very well be more by tonight's drawing. Don't think that I couldn't find a couple of dollars in the cupholder...

Great game tonight, eh? It's amazing how a third baseman can turn a game around with his glove, and that's exactly what Joe Crede did tonight (his bat helped, too). This isn't news to real baseball fans, as third basemen...

Political scientists, like myself and my esteemed colleague Dr. Schaff, tend to chuckle sometimes when we read that the Sunnis oppose the constitution while the Kurds faver it. Groups as large as the Sunni and Kurdish populations of Iraq are...

Stephanie Herseth voted against House Resolution 3893, Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005: To expedite the construction of new refining capacity in the United States, to provide reliable and affordable energy for the American people, and for other purposes....

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