Tom Toles: January 30, 2011 - February 5, 2011

Sequel

*** Friday rant: Escapism edition There are a lot of stars out there! And more of them have planets now! This would be very interesting, except for a couple of complications. First of all, the people claiming there are...

By Tom Toles  | February 4, 2011; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (69)
Categories:  Foreign Policy  
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Code White

*** Cloudy thinking Now we have monster storms of astonishing proportions in the U.S. and Australia, simultaneously. I know! Let's talk about scientists' e-mails! Because if we can keep the conversation focused on e-mails and other extraneous talking points,...

By Tom Toles  | February 3, 2011; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (46)
Categories:  DC  
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A stretch

*** Sweet dreams I'm sure that any effort by the government in general or Michelle Obama in particular to encourage good eating habits and healthy diets will be regarded by some as Nannystatery hiding under that dome that covers...

By Tom Toles  | February 2, 2011; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (63)
Categories:  Health care, Supreme Court  
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The riddle

But it's true Conservatives today have decided that the Constitution is a sacred text. But if you read the history of the ratification process, the people who opposed it are pretty much the same ideological stripe as the Constitution...

By Tom Toles  | February 1, 2011; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (29)
Categories:  Foreign Policy, International, Middle East  
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Fat chance

*** Fortune cookie Let's jump into the never-sensible discussion about ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT, shall we? I really don't follow this one too closely, as it takes place in the swirly mists of the fever swamps, but I'm feeling a...

By Tom Toles  | January 31, 2011; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (34)
Categories:  Economy and jobs  
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Up, up and away

By Tom Toles  | January 30, 2011; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (39)
Categories:  Economy and jobs  
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