War is Boring has published a short excerpt of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force. The excerpt is taken from the chapter on drones, and stems from one of my biggest frustrations with the extant drone debate; the lack of sufficient connection...
You may remember Amy Chua from such arguments as "you should make the life of your children miserable so they can attain certain markers of status that will make you.
There are many prisoners, particularly in the United States, who are being treated inhumanely and have serious grievances. This particular grievance, however, means that I now briefly know what if.
How much did the US Army Air Force contribute to Axis defeat in the Mediterranean, and what implications did that victory carry for the rest of the war? In The North African Air Campaign: U.S. Army Air Forces from El Alamein to Salerno , Christopher Rein argues...
Soldiers cutting up abandoned horse during General George Crook's "Horsemeat March" to punish the Lakota after the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. It was called this because the American troops.
I have a piece in Salon on the Dunn verdict. Unlike the George Zimmerman trial, the Dunn case featured a straightforward application of Florida’s stand your ground law. That law.
I took a look at the Wells report this morning; it's grim reading. A couple of observations. First, this: Moreover, shortly after Martin left the team, Incognito made a number of telling entries in a notebook used to keep track of “fines” the offensive linemen imposed on...
I have created a page for Grounded which collects as many of the articles, reviews, and responses that I could remember to list. Also buying information, etc. If there's anything.
Most of you probably haven't heard of Margaret Wente, who I think Canadian journalism received in exchange for Charles Krauthammer and a hack to be named later. Anyway, I'm afraid.
I know Nic Kristof doesn't put in any actual work to write his columns, but this is ridiculous. Erik Voeten with the obvious rejoinder that, in fact, academics are pretty much everywhere in public policy. [SL]: Corey Robin has much more. Professional disincentives notwithstanding, if you...
Finally, someone at New York Times shows the courage and bravery to fight back the Holocaust against the 1% known as asking them to pay slightly more in taxes and.
The Teamsters reformer who was beaten by goons at the 1976 Teamsters convention after challenging IBT president Frank Fitzsimmons and proposing a rule that any Teamster who took a bribe.