I mention it below, but it's worth reiterating how facile the "resolve" argument is with respect to Russia's incursion into Crimea. The causal argument runs thus: Putin believed, because of Obama's unwillingness to launch military strikes on Syria, that the United States would not interfere with...
Glenn Kenny ponders the Best Picture nominees while making the Sunday gravy. I was prepared to get on my favorite Eastwood fanatic for the overrated Million Dollar Baby, only putting.
In comments on Erik's Douthat post below, there is some discussion of the staggering and utter vacuity and general uselessness of the non-Krugman* op-ed writers there. Erik promises a post.
Night and Fog has a claim as the best documentary of all time.
There are a lot of bad Best Picture winners. And I really dislike Slumdog Millionaire, although the other Best Picture nominees that year are no great shakes. I'd like to.
Some links: Timothy Snyder pushes back on allegations of fascist connections in the Ukrainian opposition. Jay Ulfelder wonders about the implications of scholarly engagement. Fred Kaplan argues that Obama could.
Poor Ross. He reads liberals comparing the recent spate of anti-gay bills to segregation and he can't understand it. After all, he already considered the ability for an individual to discriminate against someone in their place of business conservatives' "surrender." Which terrifies one to think about...
The thing about being a historian is that you think you know a lot about the past and then you read the obituary of a truly amazing fighter for social.
There's not much to say about the mind-numbing "war is always the answer, and if that doesn't work more war. And talking tough. And plenty of bombs" predictability of Krauthammer's.
This Tennessee politician who wants to ban union picketing as a "preemptive measure" against the growth of organized labor in his state will probably be representing mainstream Republican doctrine by 2017 or so.
We have a very generous welfare state in this country. Amanda Marcotte: After three decades of stasis, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is getting.
Shorter Verbatim Erick Erickson: In December of 1865, the several American states ratified the 13th amendment, constitutionally ending involuntary servitude in the United States. In the 21st century, Americans are.