This is the fourth installment of a seven part series on the Patterson School's Summer Reading List.World of Nations, William KeylorThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierHide and Seek, Charles DuelferSecond World, Parag KhannaIf you like Tom Friedman, but think that his concepts are too concrete, that...
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Fascinating; the unscientific popular choice for the name of China's first aircraft carrier is Mao Zedong:But which was the runaway favorite in two polls conducted earlier this month? Mao Zedong.He.
Mr. Trend has one of the nicer tributes to MJ that I've read.
Ahem:Russia's energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn (£1.53bn) deal with Nigeria's state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture.The new firm, to be called Nigaz, is set to build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria. H/t Chet, via TPM....the gods...
Dan Barry, in the New York Times, on the contemporary John Birch Society:The coordinator was Chris Nowak, 24, a substitute math teacher who said he joined after his father, a.
For your weekend irritation:Something worth noting: We often think of anti-gay bigotry as a pre-existing social fact that is, slowly but appreciably, slipping into history. But that's not quite right..
I had the same thought as Jason Zengerle; inviting Iranian diplomats to the July 4 embassy picnics was potentially an intelligence gathering opportunity. This appears not to be the case, however. Also, this is the nicest thing that Ann Althouse has ever said about anyone...
Michael Bay is worse than Stalin. Discuss. ... I look forward to Yglesias and Kleins' Bay apologism with giddy anticipation...
A rare bit of good sense at the Corner:It has been far too long in coming but, yesterday, the Federal Prison Rape Elimination commission released its report on elimination and.
Words cannot begin to describe the anticipation I'm feeling for tonight's Colbert Report.
Via Ezra, via Krugman:These arguments will come from the very people who denied that the economic recovery plan created any jobs. We have a very odd economic philosophy in Washington:.
What?Gov. Mark Sanford arrived in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this morning, having wrapped up a seven-day visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, he said. Sanford said he had not been hiking.