Due to annoying illness and extended work commitments, part 5 of From Colony to Superpower will be delayed until tomorrow afternoon. Until then, see Paul from Subnumine:Herring does have a thesis: he doesn't believe that there was ever a real isolationist period in American history;...
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Via LP, Josh Marshall's argument on why Senate Dems need to protect the filibuster is just a touch underspecified:It is just bad practice -- especially in the face of the.
Zimbabwe, it is fair to say, is a nation poorly served by its government:The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe which has left hundreds dead was caused by the UK, an ally.
Oh, dear:Bernard L. Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market and a force in Wall Street trading for nearly 50 years, was arrested by federal agents Thursday, a day after his sons turned him in for running what they said their father called...
My heart cries out:It is impossible to quantify how many affluent parents have trimmed allowances in recent months — or how many of their offspring, in turn, have sought either.
Is the F-22 Raptor too big to fail in these tough economic times?Without further spending for the F-22, companies that supply critical components for it would begin shutting down soon..
Spencer:Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Yes; yes it is. But I nonetheless have some respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is. Thoughts on who'll play him in the movie?...and if you're wondering whether...
It's not nice to hold people hostage for two and a half months:"Some crew members on the Ukrainian ship are misbehaving," the pirate said."They tried to harm two of our.
Does Blagojevich think he's Vladimir Putin?Authorities say they've also accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold state assistance to the Tribune Co. in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to.
Erik introduces chapter five of From Colony to Superpower (for older posts click on the tag), which covers the period between 1837 and 1861. The customary random observations:Herring discusses the impact that Texas independence had on US-Mexico relations, and especially the degree to which the...
I would expect career civil servants to do a better job than political appointees in any case, but I do wonder whether there's a difference between the parties. Republicans, after.
Does anyone out there interpret Downfall in the same way as Ron Rosenbaum?This has always been my problem with films like the German-made Downfall, which while initially being taken seriously.