There was a time, I am told, when Christians opposed usury. . . There's something that's not clear from today's New York Times article about how payday loan sharks are ripping off military families: the payday loan industry is in bed with the Republican Party. According...
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Michael Berube has a damn fine idea. While everyone in Blue America is now regretting Civil War, Berube would have us look at the Louisiana Purchase. And while everyone’s been.
I'm afraid I have to go with Matt and Kevin on this one. From Atrios: That's ridiculous. The issue with that war and any other war isn't simply whether it's "justifiable." And.
To follow up on Scott's post, Kieran Healy at Crooked Timber has done an excellent job of destroying the absurd first post from Judge "Posner." Speaking of which, “Posner’s” strategy neatly avoids the sticky business of having to work out a real cost-benefit calculation using available...
For some reason, Kenneth Waltz is getting a lot of attention today. Matt Yglesias writes: I was talking to an international relations grad student last week, and he told me that.
Yep; we do tend to forget that by the time Tom Hanks saved Matt Damon in Normandy, the Red Army was regularly crushing the Wehrmacht (which, when it could fight.
November is over, and another 133 Americans are dead in Iraq. This number will probably increase in the next three or four days because of delays in Defense Department reporting. This means that November has seen the continuance of a somewhat troubling trend. With the...
I'm in more or less complete agreement with Matthew Yglesias on the Ukraine issue. The interests and ideological convictions of the United States dovetail nicely in Eastern Europe. It is good.
Regular reader Kat points out that someone has finally stood up to the greatest menace afflicting the University of Washington community; those goddamn Larouchies. Photos here, discussion here. It is possible that.
From David Edelstein's review of Alexander: Please understand the source of my vitriol: I consider Stone's Natural Born Killers to be, hands down, the worst movie ever made—and not the worst in the manner of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space. I mean the worst...
Priceless picture and commentary at Martini Republic.
This is getting some attention. Pretty shocking that invading a country and destroying its institutions of health and security leads to an increased rate of child malnutrition. One would almost begin.