Scope and Scale

| December 30, 2004

The scope of the loss of life in the recent natural disaster in the Indian Ocean has become harder and harder for me to wrap my brain around. From initial reports of 15,000 dead we’re now hearing over 120,000 dead, and some are saying it could go much much higher. We’ll never know with certainty […]

Blog of the Year

| December 19, 2004

Powerline — which, while not solely responsible for the Rathergate smackdown, nonetheless played the major role — has been named Time Magazine’s Blog of the Year. Big Trunk, Hindrocket, Deacon: this photoshop was meant for you (and Charles, and Bill, etc., etc.) Pity it couldn’t come sooner. In other news, some hick Texas politician was […]