Tom Toles Archive: Foreign Policy
Long acceptance speech
*** All that glitters I'm not a big TV watcher, so I missed the Oscar show, again. I'm sure it was fascinating, as always! I do see the photos the following day, and did you ever notice how the...
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| March 1, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Self serving
*** Don't hold your breath -- no, actually do Well the budget cutting has begun in earnest. Did you notice how the terminology has strategically shifted from "balancing the budget" to "cutting spending"? You see, "balancing the budget" is...
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| February 23, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Biblical proportions
*** Unevolved Send for the monks. Apparently all we are capable of is copying over received beliefs. Here's a bit of news that is both stunning and unsurprising at the same time: Biology teachers don't teach biology! There are...
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| February 10, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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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...
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| February 4, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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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...
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| February 1, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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Monumental effort
*** Friday rant: Power-of-imagination outage edition Once again my house is without power. Unimaginable freak storm! Just like last year, and other recent years. A major U.S. city just can't provide basic electrical service to its residents. This is...
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| January 28, 2011; 12:00 AM ET |
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