Evolution of a driver’s license photo
California, 1998. Age 16: “I can’t believe those suckers passed me.” Washington, D.C., 2006. Age 24: “I can’t believe they mercilessly shredded my California driver’s license right in front of me. I hate this city.” Virginia, 2008: Age 26: “Oh thank god I’m no longer a D.C. resident. I hope they let me personally shred [...]
Obama’s surfboard
Biden?
NYC: View from our room
NYC: Top of the Rock
NYC: The House That Ruth Built
Russian bombing raid near the BTC Pipeline
Over the past week, Georgian officials have made several claims that the Russians were bombing an area through which the BTC and South Caucasus Pipelines run. An article in today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal seems to confirm these claims: A neat row of large craters in a field in southern Georgia strongly suggests [...]
Is Charles Krauthammer high?
Seriously, I cannot believe he gets paid to write this stuff: President Bush could cash in on his close personal relationship with Putin by sending him a copy of the highly entertaining (and highly fictionalized) film “Charlie Wilson’s War” to remind Vlad of our capacity to make Russia bleed. Putin would need no reminders of [...]
Is anyone else sick of Obama and McCain trying to one up each other on the Georgia/Russia issue?
Some of the back and forth between the Obama and McCain campaigns is listed here, and Robert Amsterdam has a great editorial on the subject: It is a great pity that while thousands die in Georgia, so many Americans can only see the issue for how it can help put their horse ahead. Having McCain [...]











