Looks fairly damning. South Korea formally accused North Korea on Thursday of responsibility for the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, killing 46 sailors, in one of the deadliest provocations since the two countries ended the Korean War in a truce in 1953. In an uncharacteristically swift reaction, North Korea called the South […]
Month: May 2010
MoDo. Well, granted, she already has a lifetime achievement award, but…
The more information that emerges, the more that the Times pieces on Richard Blumenthal look like a shoddy hatchet job. Particularly given that this is far from unprecedented, it was foolish of me to
I noted on Facebook that, from a statistical perspective, what makes baseball such an amazing sport is that you can watch it your entire life and still see, on a daily basis, something you’ve never seen before. (It’s a truism, I know, but it has the benefit of actually being true.) In this case, the […]
My new book Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond is finally out from Columbia University Press. Basically, it’s all you never wanted to know abou
The typical apocalyptic narrative either focuses on the grand events that brought about the end of civilization—nuclear war, global pandemic, sentient machines—or describes life after the shock of
Radical Contra and blowback have expressed skepticism as to North Korea’s purported role in the sinking of the Cheonan. Blowback: So South Korea has North Korean torpedos. So it is possible that the Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean torpedo fired from a South Korean sub. At the time of the Gulf of Tonkin […]
Tom Tomorrow. A couple of weeks into this I’m curious about how many self-identified progressives are OK with the Kagan nomination as it stands, or more precisely will remain OK with it when her
I think Lizardbreath has a point here. This isn’t to say that I entirely I agree with her take; I stand by my basic comments yesterday and am still not inclined to give Blumenthal the benefit of
South Korea is preparing to formally accuse North Korea of sinking the Cheonan: South Korea will formally blame North Korea on Thursday for launching a torpedo at one of its warships in March, causing an explosion that killed 46 sailors and heightened tensions in one of the world’s most perilous regions, U.S. and East Asian […]
I’m currently in the UK doing some research at the National Archives, and I’m reminded that accidental finds are always more interesting that what you’re actually looking for. Amidst
Good news from Kentucky, where Jack Conway managed to beat Dan Mongiardo. Conway is more progressive than Mongiardo and polls better; against the Randernaut he might have a chance. As in all things