...are all I need before bed. One gets me worked up, then the other calms me back down. Go read.

If anyone thinks Europe is "three or four more times as democratic as America" he is living in a dream world. A world where Russia lectures us about treatment of Muslim detainees, France is a model of nation-building, the Patriot Act muzzles the press, and China is deeply concerned about the sovereignty of conquered nations.

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Hell, my four-year-old has a better grasp on reality than this man.