Interesting report flew by on the New York Times: The success of the Indian air force against American fighter planes in a recent exercise suggests other countries may soon be able to threaten U.S. military dominance of the skies, a top Air Force general said Wednesday. “We may not be as far ahead of the rest […]
As a follow-up to Rob’s post about Iraq as a libertarian paradise, check out this post by Cass Sunstein over at Volokh, which reminds us that we used to have people in positions of power in thi
Via Juan Cole, it’s clear that someone gets it: In a speech Tuesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Kennedy, D-Mass., said North Korea and Iran have continued unchecked with
From John Judis, currently operating out of Talking Points Memo: Bremer’s economic program wasn’t confined to selling off state enterprises. Bremer saw privatization as part of the broader conservative economic agenda that Reagan had endorsed in the 1980s. It would include supply-side tax cuts and elimination of import duties. And he proceeded to get his way. […]
Jack Balkin, in a must-read post, provides another reason to be skeptical about Jon Chait’s claim that the 2004 election won’t be important. Balkin notes the potentially disastrous consequ
William Saletan makes a feeble attempt to defend the worthless “Kerryisms” column. I particularly like this bit of disingenuousness: Another blogger, Eugene Volokh, gets the joke and doe
Here’s a pretty interesting post at Crooked Timber arguing that the European Parliament will make future EU-US relations sticky regardless of who wins the November election. Since the University of Washington regards me an expert in this field. . . It’s an interesting argument, but I’m not sure I’m convinced. The EP still plays a fairly […]
First, read this post. Now, tell me what an Islamo-fascist is. I’m waiting. I don’t have all day. . . Actually, that wasn’t true. I do have all day. . . Heads up. There is no such c
GREAT interview between Moore and Katie Couric, see it here, Atrios has a partial transcript. I also have mixed feelings about Moore. I’ve only seen The Big One, and I really didn’t car
Sy Hersh and Tacitus take up the Iran-as-winner theme; you heard it here first. And in case you’re wondering about the Iranian nukes: Iran Rebuked by UN Agency for Withholding Atom Details Iran threatens to fire up nuke program Share
A couple months ago, the Washington Post had a story (which I can’t find) about young applicants for Heritage Foundation internships finding themselves in the far more exciting field of rebuildi
The Poor Man watched David Brooks’s appearance on Dennis Miller. I’m glad it wasn’t me. My problem is occasionally that I watch The Daily Show without a remote handy, while forgetti