"Mad" Matt Duss has exactly the kind of Nation article that I most enjoy; one that quotes me at length: Given Liz's status as a conservative scion, it's fitting that she has joined forces with another of Washington's most famous nepotism cases, Bill Kristol, the...
Month: March 2010
In comments, McManus points us to what he considers a good progressive argument against passing the health care reform bill. The argument, I think, can be fairly distilled into this.
Fred Barnes is a terribly stupid man. In asserting that "Obamacare" will create a bitterly contentious political environment for decades to come, Barnes writes: We only have to look at.
Tennessee takes a stand against Leprechauns.
I wonder what ever could have given people the idea that wanting the state to force women to carry pregnancies to term might just have something to do with sexism?.
This is in the fresh issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly. (HT to MacGregor Eddy.) In sum: America’s nuclear security can rest easily on a relatively small number of counterforce and.
The DoD's updated rules of engagement in Afghanistan beg the question. These rules - such as holding your fire unless you are certain a target is an actual combatant, withdrawing from fire-fights in civilian-populated areas, more reliance on ground troops and less on air raids...
Very, very sad news. There must be a great biography to be written about him, and if his solo career was only sporadically successful -- three great albums (plus some.
The noise from the right about the constitutionality of "deeming" beggars description. Consider Limbaugh: If [House Democrats] pass this using the Slaughter solution—in other words, literally shredding the Constitution. I.
It's inevitable if the bill passes, and it's utter nonsense.
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Yglesias links to an interesting article by Sheri Berman on the relevance of early modern state-building to policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think it would be fantastic if some.