It's interesting to me that "must" is so big in the tag clouds of both the Bush and Obama NSS. "Must" implies a lack of freedom; it's much different than "may" or "can." It seems odd that the world's sole superpower, hegemon, unipolar state etc....
Author: Robert Farley
I don't want to interrupt Jeffrey Goldberg's hand-wringing, but this really stood out: Israel may face, in the coming year, a threat to its existence the likes of which it.
Haven't been blogging on the spill, because I know next to nothing about deep sea oil drilling or cleanup. I do want to echo a bit what John Cole wrote.
Happy Memorial Day from all of us to all of you. Celebrate with the beer and the baseball and the what not, but do give a thought to those who have served and died, whether for the United States or elsewhere. Also see this; while...
Among other things, they cut defense spending. In the United States, it's impossible to cut defense spending, because the world's reserves of whiskey/sexy/democracy/freedom depend utterly on the ability of the.
Proposition: If a mad scientist undertook to create "Joey Votto" in a lab, the result could not look more like "Joey Votto" than the actual Joey Votto. Discuss.
Erik has been doing a fascinating series on animated Soviet propaganda. Check it out.
I'll confess, this is actually pretty amusing. Pathetic, yes, but amusing. Also, it appears that Kaus has found his constituency: Mickey Kaus has taken out papers to run against California.
Absolute monarchy is an institution that humanity never should have given up: After serving 12 years in the position, Motley, the official White House Jester, was beheaded Tuesday after delivering.
Here's a thought: If you're going to make one of your main characters a Catholic priest, try to have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the viewer. You'd think, for example, that the Catholic priest might have some mild qualms about...
Josh Pollack engages in a somewhat defensive dissent from the idea that Israel may have offered to sell nuclear weapons to South Africa. He argues that the documents do not.
Sarah to Rand: When you say something stupid, horrible, and indefensible in public, always blame the questioner. It never fails; the morons just lap up the "liberal-media-coastal-elite-hate-America-bias" bullshit. Try it.