The most important reason why the Iraq War was a mistake has nothing to do with WMDs, or the lack thereof. It doesn’t concern Saddam Hussein, Muqtada al-Sadr, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, or the Kurdish militias. The most important reason that invading Iraq was a mistake is Sudan.

Today’s Washington Post has an astonishing opinion piece: Bush, Speaking Up Against Bigotry. The author argues that Bush’s support for the Dubai port deal is a strong stance against anti-Arab bigotry. Later in the article, he goes on to list other evidence of what Bush has done to stand against anti-Arab and anti-Muslim [...]

Earlier this week the Washington Post published an opinion piece painfully proposing Let’s Teach to the Test. The author argues that teaching to the test doesn’t mean what we think it does and moreover argues that it’s not as bad as we think it is. But today in a wonderful piece that reads [...]

Here are the things I most hate reading in the paper:
“We urge the leaders on both sides to exert a calming influence.”
This statement, or some version of it, is a favorite among newspaper editorial boards and politicians whenever there is rioting, chaos, or civil conflict in other countries. But do they really think that [...]

Today as I was walking to work I saw an interesting advertisment/poster taped to the wall of a building. It read:
This is the one issue that our generation can not afford to ignore.
What, exactly that issue may be was not obvious, and I wasn’t about to stop walking to look carefully and [...]

As you probably know, Dr. Lawrence Summers, the embattled President of Harvard, resigned on Monday. First, let me say that I have no idea whether Dr. Summers was a good and worthy president of Harvard University or not. But I do think that it is worthwhile to maintain an objective view of [...]

Sunni insurgents today blew up one of Shiite Islam’s most holy sites. In response, Shiite leaders have called for a three days of mourning. There are widespread reports of attacks on Sunni mosques, even as moderates call for calm. And the followers of one of the most militant Shiite leaders, Moktada [...]

Jay Mathews at The Washington Post has an article today about why “teaching to the test” is actually a good thing. There are some good arguments to be made about why testing can be good; some of which are made by commentors at Right Makes Right!. Most importantly, it is good to occasionally [...]

Did you know that 100% of the 9/11 hijackers lived, for a time, in the same country? That they received most of the training needed to carry off the attack while stationed in that country, and it was that country’s lackadaisical approach to security and terrorism which allowed the 9/11 attacks? Furthermore, did [...]

Today I want to talk about the morning after pill. Recently, the state of Massachusetts ruled that Walmart was required by law to stock the morning after pill.. Excuse me? Are you kidding me?
Look, I’m not against the morning after pill. Not even slightly. This argument is not about whether [...]