The gist of my latest at the Diplomat: In the shadow of Iraq, “muddling through,” “retrenchment,” or “restraint” all look a bit more attractive. Arecent post by Xavier Marquez gives some historical heft to the argument for strategic inscrutability by examining the career of Francisco Franco. Marquez suggests that Franco survived for such a long […]
Month: February 2014
So, semi-interesting thing about me: I used to babysit this woman. Who, going by this article, has grown up to be a lovely person, inside and out. Neato! I grew up in that “small Florida town” and
Texas Attorney General and likely next governor, Greg Abbott: Greg Abbott unveiled his latest policy proposal in Dallas yesterday, a border security proposal that Abbott called his “Securing Tex
How have I blogged here for 2 1/2 years without exposing you all to my collection of dead horse images? Over the next week, it’s time to change that and fill a gap in your life you didn’t know existed. Dead horse washed into tree by flood, near Louisville, Kentucky, 1937
I reviewed Hugh White’s The China Choice for H-Net: In The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power, Hugh White argues that competition between the United States and China is inevitable, but that
This is very positive news from the National Labor Relations Board: A proposal to streamline union elections that was slammed by Mitt Romney and scrapped by a Woody Allen-quoting judge is being revive
Variety of water related news on a work filled Wednesday. 1. Richard Lyon has a good run-down on the political side of the California drought. House Republicans are looking to pass a bill that will gut environmental protections for San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin delta and divert a ton of money into more and […]
The NRO launders some slime about Bill Cinton by going meta: You are likely to see a lot of stories like this one in the coming years, alleging previously unreported reckless sexual behavior on the pa
If you haven’t already, you should read Greg Hanlon’s extraordinary story about Dave Megget, who is finally in jail but got away with being a serial rapist for more than a decade. The re
I was amused by Dave’s roundup of evaluations of the 2012 Seahawks draft. (In fairness, the consensus that Irvin was a limited player who wasn’t the best defensive end left on the board was right; it’s just that getting Wagner and Wilson in the 2nd and 3rd rounds more than makes up for it.) Of […]
Amanda Marcotte talks about debating fundamentalist Christians here. Her post is illustrated with photos of creationists holding up questions for us smug realists. Ms. Marcotte took them somewhat seri
Some links for your pleasure: Understanding the Chinese Revolution My new favorite Air Force General… Time running out for this year’s Ducky ballot… Gonna be putting one of these tog