I really don't know what to think about the airstrike on Syria at this point. The allegations regarding Syria's nuclear program seem to be getting increasingly detailed. Peter at Duck has some links, including a summary of the latest Times of London article on an...
Author: Robert Farley
The area that is now Albania fell to Ottoman rule in the late 15th century. At some point in the 16th century, the head of a Kosovar family named Zogolli.
Coming off a loss at Kentucky last week, Louisville managed to lose to Syracuse today, at home. Way to end that national championship speculation quick, guys....Notre Dame next faces 4-0.
Yglesias says what needs to be said about Andrew Sullivan's meditation on Marc Bloch:But on top of that, though there clearly is a sense in which current American politics is very polarized, there's another sense in which our levels of polarization are almost trivial compared...
In honor of Yom Kippur, and the 34th anniversary of the beginning of the Yom Kippur War, I think it's appropriate to review Abraham Rabinovich's The Yom Kippur War. Rabinovich.
Progress!The portion of Baghdad in which Iraqi security forces are in control with minimal help from the American military has grown only slightly in recent months, to just over 8.
Friday Cat Blogging... Starbuck and Nelson
Via Jeffrey Lewis at ArmsControlWonk, Chris Nelson is reporting that the Israeli airstrike on Syria targeted Scud missiles and missile parts. As Jeffrey notes, this makes a lot more sense.
Erik points out that John Hillcoat of The Proposition is set to direct Cormac McCarthy's The Road, with Viggo Mortensen starring as the father character. Like Erik, I have mixed.
Fascinating; I find out that David Brin has a Daily Kos diary and a blog on the same day that I teach David Brin's Thor Meets Captain America in National Security Policy. It's interesting, because I've been assigning that story for years, but I'd never...
If the tank doesn't interest you, skip this post. After the dreadnought and the strategic bomber, the tank is probably the most overrated weapon of the 20th century. However, while.
...the last moments of the last episode of Angel? Now we know.