After three fine years, I have left TAPPED, more or less by mutual agreement*. It was an honor to write daily for the American Prospect, and I hope to publish there in the future in a different capacity. The three or four of you who have...
Reading the comments here, what's most striking is that Treacher et al. have yet to even attempt an argument explaining, in concrete terms, what more forceful rhetoric or more private.
It's too bad not many Americans care about soccer, because what happened at the Confederations Cup yesterday might well have been the longest shot to ever come through in the.
The Supreme Court today, by an 8-1 vote, narowed but did not strike down the "preclearance" provisions of the Voting Rights Act that require certain jurisdictions to get federal approval for any changes in their election laws. The opinion of the Court, written by Chief Justice...
It was a very busy weekend, so when I saw Patterico's compare and contrast post linked I decided to pretend that it was really a critique of media types giving.
Who would have thought that one of the most annoying "liberal" Iraq war apologists and torture apologists would turn out to be, when inexplicably given the leadership of a major.
The only decent course of action, of course, would have been for Obama to embark on a Gandhian fast until Twitter made the mullahs cry.One of Gateway Pundit's commenters asks, "What if Bush had done this?" Yeah, the mind boggles.
Stephen Walt explains how international relations theory helps to explain the complexities of parenthood. It's all good, but this seemed especially relevant to my present condition:But if you have a.
Check out this incredible picture at Vintage Seattle:Any guesses as to what year this was? Here's a hint; it's definitely not 1908, which is what the caption indicates.
Kick off is at 19:30 (BST), 12:30 (EDT), 09:30 (PDT), 14:30 (EDT), 11:30 (PDT) [see comments for explanation], and a bunch of other times depending on your time zone. The math isn't that difficult. Usually -- but then the love of my life lives eight time...
This is the third installment of a seven part series on the Patterson School's Summer Reading List.World of Nations, William KeylorThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierHide and Seek, Charles DuelferCharles Duelfer.
Why is Al Sharpton on my teevee talking to Geraldo Rivera about Iran? This is to say, what has gone wrong with the world such that I have the capacity.