Yglesias on the Stiglitz study:They make a solid case for a $700 billion to $1,000 billion direct cost plus some fairly uncertain macro consequences. Of course, on the one hand this seems like an odd way to think about a question of war and peace.But...
Year: 2006
Altmouse liveblogs the Alito hearings, after her incisive take on Alito's opening statement.(This really is a remarkably good parody. It's hard, because Althouse is so self-paradoic in any case, but.
One thing about the exposure of James Frey's "searing" drug-addiction memoir as a fraud: it's produced some great writing. James Wolcott, for example:I'm just automatically suspicious of every tale of.
There really is something remarkable about Alito using the all-purpose GOP "you hate the troops!" card in order to justify his membership in an explicitly racist and sexist organization that had nothing to do with military issues (and which, oddly, except for his highly detailed...
Jill at Feministe notes an interesting Townhall discussion of Alito's invocation of Griswold at the hearings, which sees in Alito's argument about the shifting rationales for the right to privacy.
So I made my first visit to Madison Square Garden tonight, and although the outcome was worse for my rooting interests than my trip to the Meadowlands earlier this year,.
I saw Norah O'Donnell this morning claiming that Alito's support of the "right to privacy" is somehow meaningful. As Nancy Keenan correctly notes:Under the first round of questions from Senator Specter, Samuel Alito did not refute his record of opposition to Roe v. Wade. He...
The Others freaks me the hell out, even after the fourth or fifth viewing. Part of this has to do with the creepy little girl theme, perfected in Kubrick's The.
For those of you who don't read the long, boring articles, let me briefly summarize why Alito's elevation to the court will be extremely bad for reproductive rights, with links.
Every session at this conference revolves around the question of what NATO's future should look like. One speaker pointed out that this is not a new question; it has been asked in one way or another since the earlier 1950s. Concerns about the relevance of...
I'm currently at a Wilton Park conference on the future of NATO. The Wilton Park conference series began in the late 1940s, and focused on fostering a democratic culture among.
Visited the Imperial War Museum yesterday, before almost passing out. If you like war, imperialism, and museums, accept no substitute.This is the entrance of the IWM. The left gun is.