Peter has an excellent post on analogies of war, and how useful/not useful they may be in constructing policy. I would only add that analogies are more than simply a technique for the legitimation of pre-conceived policies; policy makers themselves are not immune to the...
Month: July 2007
All,As tempting as it may be to feed Fred, please don't; we're currently exploring ways to get rid of him. Until we do, please just let him rant.The Management
Glenn Greenwald and I have disagreed in the past about the journalism of Michael Gordon. Perhaps because I'm interested specifically in security and defense issues, I find much of Gordon's.
Yeah, it's pretty embarrassing that anyone would consider this a "controversy" or "scandal." (An obscene word! At a baseball stadium! Heavens to betsy.) On the other hand, I certainly hope the Yankees will take this as another reason to follow Joel Sherman's advice and trade...
Marty Lederman identifies the two crucial pieces of data from the first full term of the Roberts Court. The first is that "the Chief Justice voted for the more conservative.
Janet Jackson had her Rhythm Nation. We have our Prison Nation.The numbers are in, and it turns out that the U.S. prison population grew more in 2005-2006 than in any.
Ah, the travails of the (ex)-warblogger for whom everything is World War II again and again.I also think this a good point about Powell:Think about Colin Powell, once arguably the most respected man in the United States. In 2003 Bush sent Powell to the U.N....
ESPN:Despite a lackluster season and a cloud of suspicion hanging over him, Barry Bonds found a home in the 78th All-Star Game. Fans voted the embattled Giant to his 14th.
I especially like panel #5. Speaking of which, Orson Scott Card has decided to take time off from writing political "novels" so subtle they make Atlas Shrugged look like The.
...with the template again. Changing back to fixed from float. As always, indicate in comments if disaster occurs, but please note OS and browser when you so indicate. Oh, and I will be re-adding the shifting images, just as soon as I can.
A friend still in Seattle emailed recently to note that the Mariners' surprisingly good season was a mixed blessing, in that it probably wouldn't be good enough to make the.
Goddamnit. And we were hoping to get a big US release. Via Yglesias.