Author: Amy Ridenour

Speaking from the Floor of the Senate, Lt. Kerry

David of the No Caliban blog has a response to my query about whether Swift Boat veteran George Elliott is properly addressed as "Captain" (Human Events, Washington Times, his own affidavits and others) or "Lt. Commander" (Boston Globe, New York ...
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Kranish-Elliott Re-Creation

The BeldarBlog has a fun fictional speculative re-creation of the telephone interview of Captain George Elliott by the Boston Globe's Michael Kranish. If accurate, it could explain much. One quibble, though: As noted below, Kranish probably didn't call Elliott "Captain" ...
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Impressive Man, Sad Story

I added a new blog to my blogroll, The Black Informant. Among other interesting features, it describes how the champion boxer Joe Louis, when he earned $371,000 boxing, voluntarily paid back the welfare payments his stepfather had received from the ...
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New York Times Readers Deserve Full Story

The New York Times just posted online an article exploring Friday's contretemps over a swift boat veteran, Lt. Cmdr. George Elliot (USN-Ret.) a visible member of the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who says he was misquoted by the ...
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Swift Boat Vet Elliott: Captain or Lt. Commander?

I've read more articles about the Kranish-Elliott you-said-it-no-I-didn't debate since my my post about this a few minutes ago and have noticed that some, such as The Washington Times, give swift boat veteran George Elliott's rank as "Captain." Checking, I ...
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Nice News

The StarkTruth.com blog has a nice post up today listing easy ways to tell a soldier, sailor or Marine you appreciate their work and hardships in defense of our freedom and safety ...
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Robert Kennedy on History

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not only not a serious environmentalist, as I noted below, nor a free-marketeer, as Jonathan Adler has just demonstrated on The Commons Blog, but he's not much of a historian, either. Note this Kennedy paragraph ...
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Cows, But No Fish

Radley Balko has a solid piece explaining his take on "the tragedy of the commons." Money quote: The best example of the tragedy of commons occurs in the oceans. Why is it that we regularly hear about how we're running ...
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Money-Making Opportunity?

The ProfessorBainbridge blog has a fun commentary on France's new enemy: SUVs. Seems the Paris City Council is trying to get rid of these vehicles. I think I'll buy stock in some firms that make SUVs ...
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Robert Kennedy on Environment

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been known to make exaggerated claims -- utterly ridiculous, completely laughable statements -- about environmental issues. This quote from him may explain why: I have so much mercury in my body right now, having tested ...
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