One of the most entertaining parts of being a defense oriented blogger is the occasional opportunity to dismantle Victor Davis Hanson, king of the 101st Typing Wingnuts. Hanson is such a bizarre product of our age; a “historian” whose work is plainly incoherent, but who has generated a following through appeal to a set of […]
Month: May 2006
Speaking of food that will make you violently ill, I really want to be these guys. A few weeks ago I embarked on a gluttonous odyssey, with a changing cast of co-conspirators, across this fast-food na
Has anyone ever noticed that food poisoning really sucks? Sooo cold….
As long-time readers will know, I’m an opponent of the death penalty, but a fairly tepid one. While I don’t think it ultimately accomplishes anything, I also think that as American injustices go, the death penalty circa 2006 is overrated. I would start with incarceration rates that are staggering outliers among liberal democracies before rarely-applied […]
Since this web log hasn’t had a post on Caitlin “why, oh why, do people criticize the crackpot arguments I make in public rather than the sensible opinions I express in private” Flan
Seriously. This is ridiculous. Greek and Turkish F-16 fighter planes collided in midair today in disputed airspace over the Aegean Sea. […] Greece insists its national airspace rights extend 10
It’s not just Al Gore; another politician who Ezra has convinced me to see the virtues of is Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius. And here’s yet another reason to get on the bandwagon: Legislation requiring physicians to furnish the state with additional information when they perform abortions was vetoed Friday by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who said […]
CJ, among others, has requested a military affairs reading list. Ask 100 students of military affairs this question and you’ll get 100 different lists, and I haven’t really made an effort
Like Ezra and Shakes, I hope that Al Gore will run in ’08, and would, at a minimum, strongly lean toward supporting him in the primaries. Neil tries to throw some cold water on the parade. He ma
It appears that Montenegro has voted to secede from the Union of Serbia and Montenegro. A 55% supermajority was needed, and it looks as if they’ve just managed to get there. Let’s hope that this divorce can be conducted more peacefully than the rest of the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Doug Muir has more.
The show last night in Louisville was, as expected, outstanding. The timing was very tight, as each band had only abot 45 minutes to play. We missed one or two Escovedo songs because he apparently sta
Part III of a four part series to commemmorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. Part I: SMS LutzowPart II: HMS Lion The first eight German dreadnoughts followed the naming convention pre