The TSA is not an American phenomenon

Apparently, Turkey and Israel are using intensive security searches as a way to exert diplomatic pressure on the other. I'm not sure specifically what dispute is in question; Turkey and Israel have been, if not exactly the best of friends, at least benevolently neutral towards one another for years. Draconian measures in security, for any…

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Previous Presidential Speaking Styles

Paco has a reminder of one of our country's greatest curmudgeons---HL Mencken---and how he described the speech patterns of a couple of former presidents.