Early, but looks as if the Norks may have just "expended some fissile material." Jeffrey Lewis thinks maybe 10kt (probably bigger than either of the previous two tests), but obviously it's too soon to say what or how big. And of course it could just...
Month: February 2013
To busy to blog much right now, but I am pretty hungry so I figured some late night snacking is in order. Bon appetite, 70s style! ...By request, the recipe.
The headline at the LA Times reads "Torrance neighborhood edgy after mistaken shootings," and the phrase "mistaken shootings" refers to the fact that there have been multiple incidents in which.
Elizabeth Flock at US News has a pretty good piece on the issues at stake in the Justice Department's lawsuit against AB-Inbev last month. One omitted detail that seems important--AB-Inbev has been able to 'lead' MillerCoors on price changes, while Grupo Modelo has been stubbornly...
The former can go away for a bit. To clarify my post from last week, the delegation of military policy on the part of Congress isn't unlimited. Presidents have a.
A good NYT editorial on the Republican nullification of the CFPB: The consumer bureau has taken seriously its mandate to protect the public from the kinds of abuses that helped.
Well, this doesn't happen every day: Pope Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who took office in 2005 following the death of his predecessor, said on Monday that he will resign on Feb. 28, the first pope to do so in six centuries. A...
Shorter Verbatim Dick Cheney: “Frankly, what [Obama] has appointed are second-rate people.” This is a case where the jokes write themselves.
This is a really fascinating history of pasta, going way back to at least the 10th century Middle East. Long, but a really good read. Time for dinner as well.
I'm not sure that giant giveaways of the playgrounds of public housing units to wealthy developers in order to build luxury housing is the best way to change New York City. Unless you are Michael Bloomberg and want Manhattan to be an exclusive island for...
Melissa Gira Grant on the bad effects of criminalizing sex work. "It is not sex work that exposes sex workers to violence; it is our willingness to abandon sex workers.
I'm a casual fan of the NBA, while my wife is a fairly hardcore Nuggets supporter. (Oddly she developed her initial affection for the team about seven years ago when.