In last week's Airpower class, someone wondered why conventionally armed ballistic missiles weren't used by the United States in the Vietnam War. The answers seem obvious, but then explaining why stupid things don't happen is easy; it's harder to explain why some stupid things happen and...
I've been thinking a lot about Levon Helm and The Band over the past week. A few final thoughts. I've been really impressed with the outpouring of grief for the.
Colin asks a good question about the so-called Latin American "left." One of the biggest problems here is that, simply put, I don’t buy characterizations of people like Correa, Chavez,.
Big agriculture is going to the mat for what really matters--exploiting child labor. Last year, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the Zaloudek Grain Co. in Oklahoma. The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rules that might have prevented...
Andrew March has an excellent piece about the suppression of speech that has been made possible by Congress, the Obama administration, and the Supreme Court's regrettable decision in Holder v..
I have some thoughts about Ronald Dworkin's new NYRB article on the constitutionality of the PPACA. My primary takeaway: Alas, as Dworkin also notes while the constitutional issues involved in.
Why, it's almost enough to make me think that abstinence education doesn't work... ...see also.
Darren Aronofsky is directing a film about Noah and the ark starring Russell Crowe as Noah? Um. Wow. Will the scenes on the boat be very, very slow? Hey look,.
The Civilization series of games is in some sense ideal for depicting the influence of seapower on history. Civilization connects geography, technology, and economic power to military capability, requiring a.
One of the nation's wealthiest communities, Aspen, Colorado has a complex relationship with the environmental movement and social justice. While a community deeply self-conscious about its own liberal politics, Aspen hasn't shown much tolerance for the poor. In fact, worried that immigrants might overrun the high...
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, the landmark book connecting pesticide usage with species decline. Carson noted the very real threats of chemicals on humans as well as.
It's just been too long since Republicans created a non-scandal scandal. What I want Chuck Grassley to investigate is not whether Barack Obama brought some Colombian prostitutes to his suite,.