While I was writing about the fundamental disjuncture between the means and ends proposed by advocates for an attack on Syria, I didn't know that Nick Kristof had written a column providing an excellent illustration of the bait-and-switch. Repeated invocations of thousands of deaths a...
Month: September 2013
Given how irrelevant the original proved itself to be -- like Detroit would ever become a failed city ruled by a corporate-backed dictator -- I'm glad they've decided to reboot.
Roy finds a definitive passive-aggressive yet insane post from Glenn Reynolds: Speaking of urban agony, by the way — if folks on the right were truly Macchiavellian, they’d be joining.
Good to know. Also, Munich. To be fair to Kerry, the policy he is peddling is so exquisitely poised as to be untenable: a military strike that’s effective enough to deter Assad from using chemical weapons again, but not enough to tip the balance of...
Over at the Diplomat I look into whether adherence to an expansive understanding of the War Powers Resolution could constrain US alliance commitments in East Asia. Short answer: Not very.
Buzzfeed has an article with one of those contrarian premises the kidz love these days: Was Mitt Romney Right About Everything? An exhaustive list of the sources buttressing this conclusion,.
The arguments, they are not too good.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen kills parody, exhumes its corpse, incinerates the body, disperses its ashes across the Afar Depression, then nukes it from orbit. ROS-LEHTINEN: It is against the norms of international.
Thanks to Ronan and JL who pointed me to a couple of really thought-provoking posts about aspects of Miley Cyrus' tacky performance that may actually have been genuinely offensive. I.
Glad to be friends with Evan Hurst, who is leading this great campaign.
I should probably explain further why I think Congress shouldn't authorize an attack on Syria, piggybacking on a couple of the points raised by Paul below. The fundamental case for.
One of the most remarkable features of Richard Cohen's regrettable treatise on twerking was the assertion that Miley Cyrus' booty dance set feminism "back on its heels." I give Richard.