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Brad McCrimmon, 1959 – 2011

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On September 8, 2011
A lot of terrific players died in yesterday’s horrible Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crash.   But the one that depressed me the most was Brad McCrimmon.    A stay-at-home defenseman myself, I always admired practitioners of the art, and McCrimmon was one of the best.   He didn’t get half the recognition of his near-contemporary Rod Langway, but I think […]
Which means having to deal with Blackboard, permanent winner of the Least.  Intuitive. Most. Cluttered. Interface.  Ever.  award.   Is the crucial “make content available” function under the first “course tools” button?  No.   The other “course tools” button?  Nope.   “Content”?  “Users and Groups”?   Nope.  Is the help function so useless it makes you long for the […]

Riddle of the Sands

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In Robert Farley
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On September 7, 2011
Last week at APSA I chaired a panel on IR Theory and Grand Strategy.  I discuss one of the papers in this week’s WPR column: In 1903, the novel “Riddle of the Sands” was published to great acclaim in the United Kingdom. Written by Erskine Childers, the novel told the story of a secret German […]

Bear patrol

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On September 7, 2011

The present version of security theater may soon be losing one of its more distinctive elements: “You don’t take your shoes off anywhere but in the U.S. — not in Israel, in Amsterdam, in London,

San Pietro

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In Robert Farley
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On September 6, 2011
Loomis has been badgering me for a while to watch The Battle of San Pietro, and in a moment of weakness I finally succumbed. It’s truly fantastic; some thoughts: Mark Clark’s intro is just weird.  You wonder how the Army could be so tone deaf, not only to think of the film as pacifistic, but […]

Mainwhat?

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On September 6, 2011

I’d have to say that the biggest flaw with this account of how trooferism became mainstream is its utter failure to establish that trooferism has in any way entered the mainstream.   Apart fro

Hacktacular!

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On September 6, 2011

Shorter Ann Althouse:   “When noted labor radical James Hoffa said ‘[e]verybody here’s got to vote. If we go back, and we keep the eye on the prize, let’s take these son of a bitches

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