Everyone I know sent me a link related to this event. First things first, congratulations to the PLAN and to the people of China on turning a half-finished hulk into a major, if limited, warship. Some thoughts from around the internets: Andrew Erickson has been on the Liaoning beat for a while. This is an […]
Month: September 2012
Mark Lilla is insufferably smug, and I have little use for his politics. But the man can write, and he was a superb choice to review a new book on Barack Obama by one Charles Kesler, who seems to be t
Evan Bayh. I mean, give Lanny Davis this: he never really pretends to be anything but a greasy hack. Bayh wants to be Lanny Davis while pompously patting himself on the back for his Commitment to Publ
Never let it be said that I don’t know how to spend an exciting Saturday night, I’m re-watching the first Bush/Gore debate. (SPOILER: Bush lies his ass off, particularly about his massive upper-class tax cuts! Gore patiently explains why the lies are lies! Centrist pundits and many allegedly tough-minded leftists alike believe Bush’s transparently phony […]
Shockingly enough, there’s something of actual interest in the latest “Ben Domenech” column: One of the most interesting aspects of the 2012 election is how the tea party movement ha
Recent discussion here may have given the impression that I am comprehensively anti-spoiler. Absolutely not true! Some spoilers I like perfectly well. Now, if the Red Sox can save any remaining wins u
Shorter Politico: Mitt Romney is likely to lose badly because he’s just too good for America to appreciate his qualities. Wonderful guy, but bad candidate. A Nice Guy who deserves America’s love but won’t get it because the American electorate is a bunch of stuck-up bitches. Your loss! I especially treasure this bit: Yet many […]
Maybe I will go see Won’t Back Down since I have a love of agitprop. I couldn’t find the exact trailer for the film online, but I’m guessing if you switch a couple of characters arou
So I was trying to have a discussion/argument with Henry Farrell on twitter, which was primarily useful for reminding me how much I dislike twitter. I’m still trying to make sense of where he&
I can just imagine the pitch meeting for this. “It will be The Replacements meets Waiting for Superman! For the screenplay, we’ll hire someone who worships Aaron Sorkin but finds him insufficiently didactic.” But “Won’t Back Down” ultimately has no use for nuance, and its third act is a mighty cataract of speechifying and breathless […]
First Bolsheviks no hitter since Browning. Congrats to Homer Bailey! Incidentally, is there serious debate to be had regarding Johnny Cueto‘s appropriateness as Cy Young award winner?
This evening, LGM passed 500,000 readers in a month for the first time in its history. Kind of a milestone. There’s only one way I can think of celebrating this and that’s with Mickey, the