Quick question: Did the news that a Dutchman was the first to tackle Shoebomber #2 remind anyone of how, in United 93, the appeasement-minded coward was clearly European? Me neither. Share
Month: December 2009
Those would be directions given to me the first time I tried to visit my in-laws without the wife there to navigate. I hadn’t a clue what he meant. Then, as I crested a hill south of Natchez, I
Glenn Greenwald has a nice catch here, on Matt Welch’s egregious hackery. Calling a document traditionally labeled a report a report ‘lying’ is pretty rich, but the larger issue is,
While working on my Statecraft and the State syllabus, I happened upon this Amazon review of Margaret Levi’s Of Rule and Revenue: “As specialization and division of labor increase, there is greater demand on the state to provide collective goods where once there were solely private goods or no goods at all.” From the second […]
Shorter William Daley: The Democratic coalition needs to be big enough to encompass legislators who oppose every significant item on a moderately progressive agenda, or the party is doomed. Share
How is Noon not on this list? H/t GC. Share
To echo Rob, Happy Holidays, and take care of each other! Share
Happy holidays. Be good. Stay safe. Share
You’re kidding, right? At least that’s the line by the reasonable representative from Iowa, Steve King (R). After weighing his complete lack of evidence to the contrary, he finds this repo
This is indescribably awesome in every way:Via Danger Room. Share
I’ll bet that there are some things that I’d agree with Grover Norquist about. He has a nice beard, for example. If somebody asked me to co-sign a “Defense of Facial Hair” lett
I’ll have more to say about this later, but I’m out the door for a Christmas dinner with my partner’s family. Merry Christmas, Lord P. Of course, the British university system never