This morning has seen all the Twitter SCORCHING HOT TAKES on Fidel Castro, especially from liberals dying to replay the Cold War. At a time when their own nation has just put a fascist in office despite losing by more than...
Month: November 2016
The Clinton campaign has released a statement about the recounts that are being requested in Wisconsin and perhaps Michigan and Pennsylvania. And this time I actually think their judgment --.
Education policy is an area where a lot of Democrats, including the outgoing president, can be pretty bad on a lot of issues. It is nonetheless true that that Republicans.
Serving on a Soviet submarine was some crazy shit... One of the captains asked for volunteers to swim to the surface, and report on the plight of the boat. Two sailors exited through the torpedo compartment, swam to...
Finally, the embargo on Cuba achieves its objective. A policy success! I'm sure Trump will, like Obama, work to make U.S./Cuba relations more rational as there's not a dime's worth.
Rob made a brief introduction in his official “welcome” post. Thanks, Rob! And thanks to the LGM community, which has already thrown down the gauntlet. Still, tradition—and a dose of caution—suggests that I.
I don't care whether this is true or not, and I assume it is in fact not true. It would still be an improvement on CNN's election coverage. CNN viewers got an eyeful Thursday night when Anthony Bourdain's show was reportedly replaced by 30 minutes...
In Trump's America, finally children will be free to work again. A think tank funded by Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education pick recently advocated for putting kids back in the.
I do not per se approve of Lessig's argument that the Electoral College should vote for Hillary Clinton based upon the combination of Hillary Clinton's large margin in the popular.
People in an Albuquerque grocery store have the right response to hate. It was an unpleasant experience for Smith’s shoppers in Albuquerque Wednesday morning, particularly for a woman wearing a hijab, when another customer accosted her. Barney Lopez was in the store at Coal and...
Some thoughts on the pursuit of 350... As Stephen Stashwick and others have noted at The Diplomat, the U.S. naval lobby has fully embraced Donald Trump’s promise to increase the size.
We are delighted to announce that Dan Nexon, long-term friend of LGM, has agreed to join the blog full time. Dan should be well-known to most readers here from Foreign.