Month: August 2010
As a means of registering my discontent with conservative claims that the fact that 70 percent of Americans abhor the idea of the "Ground Zero Mosque" means it should be.
I've been meaning to contest David's contention that sabermetrics proves that managers don't matter. I don't actually think that sabermetrics has proven this, and I also don't think it's plausible..
The Times led today with an expose of the US Army's rehabilitated physical training system: That familiar standby, the situp, is gone, or almost gone. Exercises that look like pilates.
Tonight Obama will explain to the country what exactly it means that Operation Iraqi Freedom is "over." War correspondent Richard Engel tried to do the same thing on the Colbert.
Just ahead of their time?
Thirty-six minutes into "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword," a surprisingly intimate conversation between Don and Dr. Faye Miller takes an uncertain turn when the subject of analysis comes up: "Why.
A very sober-minded and even-handed 2000 word essay, complete with extensive scholarly references, about the possibility that using astrological charts can help you win at roulette.
Obama's approach to judicial nominations has, indeed, been very weak. The legislative situation is about to get a lot worse, so now is the time to get as many nominees.