This story, making the rounds on Twitter, is indeed remarkable: When Emily Cooper headed off to first grade in Moody, Ala., last week, she was prepared with all the stuff on her elementary school’s must-bring list: two double rolls of paper towels, three packages of Clorox wipes, three boxes of baby wipes, two boxes of […]
Month: August 2010
Given that this particular manifestation of the War On (Some Classes of People Who Use Some) Drugs has resulted in another federal prosecution, this research by Eric Walker couldn’t be more esse
Apologies for slow blogging; the beginning of the semester and my ongoing efforts to kill the Air Force (book!) take precedence. Some links: Derek Reveron on the growing military appreciation for huma
Well, I’m back now, and most of what I learned about network analysis will not interest LGM readers, but I did manage to do a few cool things with my human security data while I was in Bloomington. Just in case anyone wants to see some pretty pictures and why I found them interesting for […]
It’s been a pretty tough year in terms of shocking revelations. I could just about survive finding out that a wealthy professional athlete has had extramarital relations. But now I found out tha
Shorter Andrew McCarthy: As Newt Gingrich pointed out, the exclusionary, authoritarian practices of Saudi Arabia provide a better model for religious tolerance and pluralism than the Constitution of t
This post plain confuses me. It opens with a lament: Having worked for a very long time with moderate Muslims, I can tell you it’s disheartening to be called an Islamophobe. Then demonstrates that that epithet, along with a few others, is well-deserved: I have long argued that: (1) Islam is not a moderate doctrine; […]
But I am … surprised they chose to advertise it: Am I the only one who thinks it’s a bad idea to get your news from people who have read the same number of books as my cats have this summe
That I love The National should surprise no one, but that’s not why I’m being frivolous on a Friday night and linking to their recent performance of “Mr. November” at Lollapalo
I’m on the road so off the grid not infrequently, but I’ve settled down for a couple days in time to see the new Economist / YouGov poll on attitudes towards the proposed Cordoba House, and while amusing, it doesn’t really surprise. Some highlights: 14% of Americans believe that mosques should not be permitted anywhere […]
Krauthammer today: No one disputes the right to build; the whole debate is about the propriety, the decency of doing so. Poll conducted by Krauthammer’s employer: Among those who think it is wro
I’ve been away all week without my children, so this week’s nugget of childish curiosity comes out of the vault: “Mom, does Indian food come from India or from the Native Americans?&