I can’t go, but I’m sure some of you can. . . This week, we’re going to move Drinking Liberally downtown, andincorporate a book signing. Chris Mooney, staff writer for the liberal DC magazine The American Prospect, is in town to sign copies of his new book The Republican War on Science. I encourage everyone […]
Month: September 2005
I disagree with John Ikenberry. I don’t believe that Article 9 of the Japanese constitution serves any further purpose, and I think it should be abolished. Ikenberry’s case is built around
Adios, Dan. Dan Wilson was the primary starting catcher for eleven Mariners teams, including four playoff squads. He caught 123 games for the 2001 team that won 116 games. Although his skills have det
Since it’s back in the news again, it may be worth exploring what the pro-Plessy memo written by William Rehnquist actually means. As I briefly alluded to in my previous post, I think that one can make a very good case that, in and of itself, the significance given to the memo by Brad DeLong […]
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva has a nice analysis of the latest meditation on nuclear weapons use to come out of the Pentagon: Some of the reasoning of seems a bit muddled. The draft says that to de
The service of the French Navy in World War II was undistinguished. As inevitability of German victory in May 1940 became apparent, the French Navy decided to move as many ships as possible first to G
There is no quicker way into my heart than to trash David Brooks. Redbeard already holds a special place there, but further secures his position with this. I’ll wager Mr. Brooks never really looked at the financial realities of a poor pregnant girl: would she be able to afford a procedure to terminate the pregnancy […]
I corrected an oversight in my film experience this evening by watching Stephen Spielberg’s Duel, from 1971. I expected to be pleased (in general I like Spielberg, although I walked out of The T
Justin Gardner has actually been going some good work in the wake of Katrina, but then he once again proves the oddity of self-defined “centrism” by endorsing the wingnuttiest argument to
Is Dale “sure John Olerud can go first to home on a line-drive single to shallow right!” Sveum worse as a player or as a third-base coach?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)–President George W. Bush announced that the vacancy at the head of FEMA created when Michael Brown was nominated as the next Ambassador to the Ivory Coast would be filled b
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Caramel For those interested in the fate of Stromboli, I have received this: After that, it was time to load the cat for transport. I wasn’t really sure what to expect w