This past weekend we held the annual Patterson School Crisis Simulation. This year's topic was cyber-warfare; I have a long writeup at Information Dissemination, and a shorter writeup at the Diplomat: Coincidentally, my institution (the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce) ran a simulation last week...
Over the last year Bob Woodward has refined a perfect synthesis of green lanternism ("the president could convince his partisan opponents in Congress to do anything if only he were.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held that a group of journalists, lawyers, and human rights organizations did not have the standing to challenge FISA on Fourth Amendment grounds, since they could.
Same homophobia as the old one.
The other night I dreamt I was nine years old, on stage, singing "There's No Easy Way Out" for assembled parents on the last day of summer camp. It was.
In honor of Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea, I thought a North Korean propaganda cartoon was in order. There's no subtitles, but like you really need them Among the.
Interesting: Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon’s order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973. Bork’s recollection of his role in the Saturday Night Massacre that culminated in Cox’s firing is at...
Given its namesake, Mother Jones is not exactly great on labor issues. I want to point out this problematic article by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella about AFSCME's opposition to.
I think Chait gets the lay of the land right here. What matters to congressional Republicans is low taxes for the wealthy, period. They'll take cuts to spending for the.
Booo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
The great Emily Nussbaum links to, while critiquing, a defense of the Onion's Quvenzhané Wallis tweet. To amplify Nussbaum's response a little, I actually agree with Johnson that the intent.
Thanks to the Daily Caller, I'm now a strong supporter of Ashley Judd's potential 2014 Senate bid: - On her comparing mountaintop removal to the Rwandan genocide: “President Clinton has repeatedly.