For something a bit lighter. It's good that the USMNT are playing Spain immediately before the Gold Cup campaign, which is of far greater importance. As the ESPN article suggests, the US will be rotating and resting their key players in this friendly, thus do...
Month: June 2011
Silver has a new article up critiquing an over-reliance on economic models in predicting Presidential elections. While this is in general good work, I'm starting to note a trend in.
In the comments to yesterday's post on German Civil War reenactors, people mentioned Germans' love of westerns. This reminded of the remarkable box set released by First Run Features a.
This is a day where death has dominated the headlines--Jack Kevorkian, the American economy, Marshall Matt Dillon. But I want to say a special word about the recently deceased Geronimo Pratt, the Black Panther who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he likely...
It's libelous to accurately characterize our Medicare plan. In a sense it's true!
Pierce on the test posed to the NHL by the douchetacular Alexandre Burrows: This Blog has to confess to being surprised that there actually was some dispute over whether or.
Charli and her partner discuss Khal Drogo's war speech from last week's Game of Thrones. Spoilers, etc.
Silver offers a rigorous exploration of the central point made in the NYT article I linked for the post I wrote yesterday. He approaches the question on the relationship between.
Yoni Applebaum has an interesting piece on the popularity of reenacting the U.S. Civil War in Germany. While one might poo-poo any real analysis of this as being just Gone.
This could be problematic. I've been fairly sanguine about Obama's re-election chances, but no incumbent has been re-elected with an unemployment rate over 7.2% since FDR (and the 7.2% belonged to Reagan). It's currently around 9%, and could possibly increase with tomorrow's data. It will...
My latest column at WPR is about the difference between security assistance and "governance" assistance: In March, the Stimson Center released a report (.pdf) by Gordon Adams and Rebecca Williams.
SEK is driving CAR up a dangerous hill you no doubt remember at a rate of 70 miles per hour. He is on his way to office hours. CAR: YAAAAAAWN! All.