Syd Barrett has died, only thirty-five years late.Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60.The spokeswoman -- who declined to give her name until...
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Matt has some good comments on the excellent Fred Kaplan article on the latest US Army counter-insurgency doctrine. I differ from Matt on a couple of points, however. Matt writes:I.
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Grace Sherwood's witchcraft conviction through trial by water:"With 300 years of hindsight, we all certainly can agree that trial by water is.
Interesting comparison:The most wanted Chechen rebel warlord, Shamil Basayev, has died in an explosion in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia.Russia's FSB security service chief, Nikolai Patrushev, said Basayev was killed in a "special operation".But a pro-rebel website said Basayev and three other militants died when...
I think Anthony Cordesman's point regarding North Korean missile ranges helps explain Peter's observation that the Japanese are really freaked. Cordesman:There is absolutely no meaningful agreement about what the more.
Governor Fletcher continues to stagger me with his tin-eared ineptitude. Irritated that he's been indicted, Ernie has proposed that the Treasurer and Attorney General of Kentucky ought to be appointed,.
Speaking of thugs, Dority vs. Turner has to be the most entertaining bit of television I've seen all year....although Alma vs. Ellsworth gives it a good run. What a great show.
Congratulations to Italy. What a crappy sport.
A further note on deterrence theory; the most common critique (but not, as I have argued, the correct critique) is that deterrence theory cannot answer the problem of "madmen", leaders.
Matt of the Tattered Coat channels the question “Who are your favorite Film Thugs of all time?” Matt's answers come from film noir; Chinatown and the Set-Up. Here are some of mine. The definition of "thug" would seem to me to be a physically imposing...
In the wake of World War I, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to pursue the "8-8" program, designed to provide Japan with eight modern battlecruisers and eight modern battleships. Because.
Matt wonders what I think about Stephen Metcalf's trashing of the Searchers. I generally (but not unreservedly) like Metcalf, although he certainly does often fall into the Slate contrarian-for-contrarian's-sake model.