Alvin Lee, the English guitarist best known for fronting the band Ten Years After, has died. Lee’s most famous performances were his frenetic version of “I’m Going Home” at Woodstock, and on Ten Years After’s one major radio hit “I’d Love to Change the World.” I have a lot of affection for a relatively obscure […]
Month: March 2013
I went on HuffPo live to talk about this story: A former Soviet soldier has been discovered hiding in Afghanistan under an assumed identity 33 years after going missing. Bakhretdin Khakimov disappeare
Perlstein, in an excellent piece noting that Bob Woodward “is utterly useless in explaining how Washington works. But he is almost uniquely useful as an object lesson in displaying how Washingto
A minority in the Senate is refusing to allow anyone to be confirmed to the D.C. Circuit. Because, of course, it would be bad to dilute the wingnut flavor of the current D.C. Circuit, which also has several members for whom the government not working is a feature, not a bug. If the Senate ever […]
Seriously. “This Website has been designed by French and Canadians scientists who seek to understand the effect of various electoral systems on electoral results. Does the way votes are counted
A few days ago Ben Wittes posted on the role of Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) in Henry V. I was a bit mystified by the failure to mention the siege of Harfleur, since I think it’s critical to
So apparently Hugo Chavez is dead. Discuss. If you get your breaking news from LGM… well, you probably just shouldn’t get your breaking news from LGM.
Updated below This is a cautionary tale about, among other things, what happens when highly privileged people who should know better don’t have the courage to stand up to an out of control inter
Great point about the how the tragic death of Len Bias turned into a disastrous policy legacy: Bias’s death loosed all kinds of terrible ideas on the nation, foremost among them our famously des
FDR’s first inaugural was 80 years ago yesterday, and Ira Katznelson has a terrific book about the New Deal. My review is up at the Prospect: The New Deal—which Katznelson argues should be seen as encompassing the period between the election of FDR in 1932 and the election of Eisenhower 20 years later—was, according to […]
I was really struck by this photo of Venus through Saturn’s rings: Venus is the dot. It reminded me of a time, not too long ago I guess, back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the sight of
This is the first in a series of posts. Others in the series can be found here and here. Updated below A distinguished lawyer asks: Brian Leiter, aka the Director of the Center for Law, Philosophy �