Month: March 2011

Will The Real Libyan Civilians Please Stand Up?

By Charli Carpenter

In General

On March 31, 2011

Though it’s gotten relatively less play than the story about CIA boots on Libyan soil, annother NY Times report answered a crucial question today: whether NATO is backing the rebels (consistent with an invasion where humanitarian concerns are a smokescreen) or backing Libyan civilians (consistent with the R2P doctrine). A lot of discussion centered on […]

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Ladyparts Are Icky!

By Scott Lemieux

On March 31, 2011

The GOP war on parody continues.

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LGM Baseball Challenge

By Robert Farley

On March 31, 2011

hickes 01 asks: Hey, What happened to the LGM Fantasy Baseball league? And the answer is: I completely forgot about it. LGM Baseball Challenge League: Lawyers, Guns and Money Password: zevon The hope

Yoo Better Believe That’s Going Too Far

By Scott Lemieux

In General

On March 31, 2011

I’ll have a bigger piece about the subject next week, but as I’ve said before, to assert that presidential initiations of military force — whether wise or unwise — violate the Constitution strikes me as being as pointless and anachronistic as claiming that the federal government lacks the power to regulate the national economy. I’m […]

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And it Begins

By Robert Farley

On March 31, 2011

So, far be it from me to judge, but I’m not sure that calling on Brandon Phillips to bunt with Stubbs on 2nd, nobody out, down three in the bottom of the first inning of the first goddamn game o

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Conferencing (Chicago edition: MPSA)

By Dave Brockington

On March 31, 2011

I’m sitting in an airport bar waiting to board my PDX-ORD flight, with an outside shot at an upgrade. I’m off to Chicago to present a paper, co-authored with my (one) Ph.D. student, on t

My Final Word to Daniel Drezner on Zombies

By Charli Carpenter

In General

On March 31, 2011

At the International Studies Association conference a couple of week’s back, both Rob and I were invited to join Stephanie Carvin’s round-table roasting Daniel Drezner for his new book Theory of International Politics and Zombies. Rob’s presentation refuted some of Drezner’s findings on the empirics; mine refutes one or two rather important assumptions as well […]

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Michelle Rhee

By Scott Lemieux

On March 31, 2011

Would saying that her reputation is an utter fraud too strong? Perhaps, but I’m tempted to say it anyway. It’s amazing how much you can get out of bashing teacher’s unions even absen

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Modern Republicanism Defined

By Scott Lemieux

On March 31, 2011

As Atrios says, the core principle seems to be that $50,000 a year is unimaginable luxury (especially if it’s being paid to some useless teacher or nurse or policeman), but 200k is essentially b

The Limits and Future of the “Responsibility to Protect” Doctrine

By Charli Carpenter

In General

On March 31, 2011

Small Wars Journal published a longer version of my argument about the criteria associated with the R2P doctrine and why the “If Libya Why Not Bahrain” argument is specious. However, particularly in light of evolving events, I think it’s important to qualify this argument by emphasizing that I’m describing an existing (and limited) set of […]

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The Current Situation in Libya

By Robert Farley

On March 31, 2011

So, here is where we are: Rebel forces have been unable to hold the ground that they recently captured (perhaps traversed is a better term) and have retreated back to Adjadibya. Logistics play a maj

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