DJW and I are currently in Fort Collins, Colorado reading AP exams. What does this entail, you may ask?AP exams are developed by the College Board and given to thousands of high school seniors at the end of each school year. Successful completion of the...
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Budding Sinologist has some interesting thoughts on killing aircraft carriers. My thoughts are here.Beginning next Monday, I plan to launch a six part series on the future of US-China relations..
More than you ever wanted to know about the current state of German politics.Seriously.
Nice post from Daniel at Duck of Minerva on guns and genocide. Call me a Hobbesian, but I find state power less frightening than the lack of a state monopoly of violence. Of course, in the modern context private gun ownership does nothing to deter...
It is well beyond time to suggest that Hitch has lost any credibility. Nonetheless. . .And now look. I think it is fairly safe to say that not one detainee.
Curious how the wingnuts will react to this.Six bombs have exploded in Iran, killing at least 10 people, days before the presidential election. Four blasts targeted public buildings in the.
Matt reminds us of something we should always keep in mind:What the textbooks deal with is the question of lowering barriers to the importation of goods. What happens when this idea gets instantiated by actual diplomats is you get treaties with all sorts of provisions,...
United Airlines overbooks a 120 seat aircraft. At the gate, a 102 seat aircraft arrives. This causes an obvious problem.Is it my problem? Not really. Why?Because I get a free.
This doesn't even qualify as Alanis Morrisette irony:I was watching a little bit of the College World Series game between Tennessee and Georgia Tech. The leadoff hitter for Tennessee is.
Part IPart IIPart IIIOn August 10, Goeben faced Turkish shore batteries on one side and British battlecruisers on the other. Admiral Souchon feared that he would be forced to fight the cruisers, the batteries, or both. Instead, the Turks decided to allow the entry of...
Reading Mickey Kaus makes my eyes bleed. Nonetheless, I can't seem to stop. . .Mickey has been driven batshit insane by the Form 180 non-revelations. Mickey's deep hatred of John.
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Stromboli