The story is still incredibly tragic, but it is amazing that the leader of the Argentina abuelas, leading the resistance to the dictatorship by demanding to know what happened to her and others grandchildren adopted out to military supporters before their daughters were murdered, has found...
Yesterday, the Air Force dropped 8000 MREs and 5300 gallons of water to Yazidi refugees on Mt. Sinjar. That's enough water for roughly 8000 refugees for one day; the MREs.
I'M BAAAAAAAAACK.
An interesting short essay by Bonnie Honig on how Jewish education in the U.S. erases the Palestinian experience, going far to create the divide in the American Jewish community today between those who are avowed supporters of Israeli polices toward the Muslims around them and those...
In these times of phony plagiarism charges, it's worth remembering that some are actually real, and might even affect control of the United States Senate. As Drezner says, the even.
Theodore Wafer found guilty of 2nd degree murder.
I have a short piece up at the Washington Post discussing the difficulties of a relief operation for the Yazidi: The plight of Yazidi refugees in the Sinjar mountains, hemmed in by Islamic State forces and relying on dwindling supplies of food and water, has brought renewed...
Oh mining, will you ever even try to be a responsible citizen of the world? Hundreds of people in British Columbia can’t use their water after more than a billion.
Jonathan Adler wins in a landslide despite the tough competition. To put this another way, let's consider exactly why the Halbig troofers think the court's handiwork is too trivial to.
My latest at the Diplomat investigates the reputational issues associated with China's oil rig in the South China Sea: Who blinked? Who cares? China’s decision to remove an oil rig from waters disputed by Vietnam has stirred a considerable degree of attention, almost as much as...
When we think back to the Reagan Administration, there are so many loathsome characters. Oliver North. John Poindexter. James Watt. Jeane Kirkpatrick. Ed Meese. We could go on and on..
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