Why do repressive regimes sign the Torture Convention when they don't plan to comply with it? At the Monkey Cage, Erik Voeten has a round-up of some conventional answers and calls attention to a novel explanation just out as a working paper from NYU.[cross-posted at...
Month: February 2010
To think about globalization, the information revolution and sovereignty, my World Politics students watched this popular video in class yesterday, a compilation of facts and statistics about our ever-changing world..
When I clipped a prominent conservative for the hubristic assumption that his dinner card is of general interest, it had not yet been brought.When I criticized another for buttressing a.
So, apparently...America’s top intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday that Al Qaeda and its affiliates had made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.Here's my question: If by August 3, 2010 Al Qaeda has made...
Essentially, the only remaining interest in the "revelations" about John Edwards at this point is that they provide a good example of how narratives are put together by political journalists.
I have an article up at TAP on the QDR and the end of the Long War. I also have a couple of posts up at ID on the QDR,.
Eli Lake and I talk QDR, and Long Wars against abstractions. Here we venture into the War on Drugs:
The comments thread on this NPR story about aid distribution in Haiti is interesting. Relief organizations have begun distributing food through women on the assumption that it is likelier to.
Glenn Reynolds tosses a 70 m.p.h. heater down the heart of the plate:EVERYONE COMES TO KNOXVILLE SOONER OR LATER: Had a nice lunch with Jonah Goldberg, who’s speaking here at.
Well then:Americans' love affair with top-shelf booze cooled last year as the recession took a toll on high-priced tipples.People drank more liquor but turned to cheaper brands, according to a report by an industry group. They also drank more at home and less in pricier...
I've been meaning to do a writeup about several recent books analyzing the Supreme Court in political context. As a prelude to my comments below, my short take on Barry.
...as follows. Not a lot of thoughts, although the expanded Oscar list seems pretty OK by Oscar standards. I actually thought all four of the nominated films I've seen (Serious.