This is the sixth installment of a seven part series on the Patterson School's Summer Reading List.World of Nations, William KeylorThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierHide and Seek, Charles DuelferSecond World, Parag KhannaThe Accidental Guerrilla, David KilcullenThe Limits of Power, Andrew BacevichLimits of Power is Andrew...
Month: July 2009
So, to be clear, Boalt Hall's favorite tenured radical used procedural, legal, and factual errors...to justify torture and arbitrary executive power. (Often, for example, legislative provisions are ambiguous and have.
Landon Donovan, on his English teammate, the latter of whom is admittedly the second best player on said team.Oh, and England miraculously held out for a draw in the first test.
As I said when I introduced myself here on LGM, I have been a fan of the Seattle Mariners since 1977. Which means I've happily watched a lot of truly.
It turns out that the T-72s carried by the MV Faina (the Ukranian vessels that was seized and held by pirates for several months) weren't destined for Kenya after all:But.
Via FP, a new independent Russian report indicates that three of the six Russian aircraft lost during the South Ossetia War were shot down by friendly fire. The report also suggests that cooperation between Russian ground and air forces was less than fruitful. While the...
This is a quote by one Michael F Watts, on the BBC web page, in response to the first innings of the first test match of the 2009 Ashes series. I was going.
This is bullshit. I'm thinking if there ever is a time when it is OK, permissible, socially acceptable, and indeed, preferable to smoke, it's when you're bloody getting shot at or bombed.I say that as an unrepentant, happy smoker who has been a bitter and...
This is well out of my normal terrain, but a couple weeks ago a high profile commission reported on the future priorities of UK defense spending. The commission, operating out.
If the odds of contamination are that low, I'm pleased that I ultimately chose to spend my two months of holiday in the PNW for quality time with my better.