I was thinking about putting up a post in response to Kevin Drum's unfortunate defense of aggressive border controls. But I moved slowly, and Matthew Yglesias and Chris Bertram came along and made many of the points I wanted to make. I want to elevate, though,...
Manchester United 1 - 6 Manchester City. In the past, I would have absolutely delighted in this result. However, the cynic in me observes yet more evidence that in order.
are typically grim. It must be part of the genetic code for the Conservatives to bicker to the point of self-destruction over the EU; indeed, a Tory backbench revolt will.
Based on Adam's typology, I think Perry qualifies as "birther-curious."
Nice catch by Katha Polllitt. It's nice that Benjamin Barber has published a trite but unobjectionable piece urging liberals to fight. But this isn't really the week to be taking.
You know how Tom Freidman or Matt Miller submits the same column about how we need a "radical centrist" pain caucus third party daddy to save us about twice a.
This is all a bad deal: Over the weekend, Kenyan forces entered Somalia in response to the recent kidnappings of two European tourists (one of whom has since died) and two Spanish aid workers. As I wrote when Kenya began boosting its presence on the border last...
From the "We are presenting a united front on Greek auster... wait, France? What the fuck are you doing?" file: German industry and politicians have attacked a proposed French warship.
A commenter quickly corrects an embarrassing error I made in this post. Obviously, there is no bigger hack than Glenn Reynolds: WASHINGTON POST HIT PIECE FAIL: Marco Rubio punches back.
Grim. And, as always, the contrast between the way we treat potential federal expenditures for useful infrastructure projects versus invasions of countries of countries that pose no threat to the United States is always instructive. [via]
Trainwreck Media has been pure and inevitable comedy gold from before its inception. And, yet, in its own way it's an impressive achievement, in that Reynolds and Simon seem to.
An article at the Washington Monthly by Colin Woodard distills his new book, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, down to two to three.