Andrea Stone reports: The latest Army statistics show a stunning 75 percent of military-age youth are ineligible to join the military because they are overweight, can't pass entrance exams, have dropped out of high school or had run-ins with the... Full story...
Joe Klein notes that Max Boot acknowledges some U.S. forces appear "a bit worn down and pessimistic" in conversations regarding Afghanistan.
A fascinating story that should lead to more research and study, especially with children:
Building off that Peter Beinart post, Larison diagnoses Lieberman: Looked at from either side of the spectrum, Lieberman has been anything but interesting.
She's been on a roll today artfully declaring that this blog drew the conclusion that Bill Sparkman was murdered by neo-confederate thugs.
Nate Silver's qualified answer: [If] Obama can defeat a Generic Republican with an approval rating of X, he can defeat Palin with an approval rating of X-3.
Weigel tackles Palin fans for abusing statistics to make her seem more popular than she is. Another telling piece of data: of the 296 customer reviews of going Rogue, 143 reviewers give the book five-stars and 124 give the book.
Mark Thompson points out a left-wing ritual: [T]hese particular FBI statistics are virtually useless for evaluating year-to-year trends – always have been, always will be.
Released yesterday: (1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill (2) Market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare; (3) Market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade.
Megan warns: [Government bankruptcy] is not inevitable; it is theoretically possible to raise taxes to cope with Medicare growth, though it would be extraordinarily painful to do so.
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