Henry, 12/21/08, 6:40 p.m.: And five minutes later: ’tis the season….
Month: December 2008
My first thought was “Toyota suffered a loss in 1937?” But no; turns out that the automotive spinoff of Toyota Industries was founded in 1937. Impressive that they managed a profit in 1945
Sam Rockwell as Rod Blagojevich. I can see that working…
I think we can all agree that the progressive blogosphere has been pathetically remiss in the field of analysis of Brazilian military restructuring. Mr. Trend gets us off to a good start here: However, I find Lula’s efforts to actually enforce military conscription for everybody to be quite a fascinating aspect. Although the military is […]
Chapter VII of From Colony to Superpower covers the period between 1877 and 1893. Erik talks about missionaries, trade wars, and the generally expansionary US policy in the Pacific. I wish that Herrin
Anybody read T.E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom? I haven’t, but I’m assigning it next term; if you have any thoughts re: boiling down the 700 or so pages down to a digestible ch
This is groovy, in a suicidal kind of way: Via DR.
Erik writes a bit more about the utility of including the Civil War among the 19th century wars of national unification: Herring argues that the Civil War was part of the nation-building conflicts aro
Shorter Weekly Standard: If American journalism wants to restore its reputation, the only acceptable form covering Dick Cheney is the fellatio cool objectivity of Stephen Hayes. Almost any part of thi
The Iranians have joined the anti-piracy brigade: Iranian state radio says Iran has sent a warship to the coast of Somalia to protect its cargo ships against piracy. The Saturday report says the ship arrived in Somali waters. The Iranian ship would join vessels from the U.S., Denmark, Italy, Russia and other countries in patrolling […]
As of this moment, you have about 2 hours to fill out an entry and join the LGM Bowl Mania Challenge:League Name: Lawyers, Guns and MoneyPassword: zevon Sorry for the late reminder…
The coup that was probably a purge now turns out maybe to have been a failed purge: Iraq’s interior minister said all 24 of his officers who had been arrested in a security crackdown this week would