This came crawling across my Facebook news feed this morning. It was not an ironic gesture. I have no further comment, except to note that Krauthammer's fan club exceeds Kristol's by a near 3-1 margin.
Stephen Walt proposes an opening class:By a "classic work," I mean a book or article that is a genuine "must-read" in the field when it is published, and that retains.
Short term, tactical thinking:When Israel first encountered Islamists in Gaza in the 1970s and '80s, they seemed focused on studying the Quran, not on confrontation with Israel. The Israeli government.
CSI gone mad:The pilot reported the plane hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport which shut down both his jets.This engine and the right engine, which remained attached to the Airbus A-320 after the Jan. 15 ditching, will be shipped to their...
I simply do not understand how anyone could believe that the Israeli military operations in Gaza would result in the overthrow of Hamas:If there is any significant disenchantment with Hamas.
New York Senate ex-leadership edition.
Shorter Harvie Wilkinson: "President Obama should make sure that future appointments carry on our tribunal's tradition of civility and ideological moderation, as exemplified by Michael "Mini-Nino" Luttig." I really hope Obama is saving some of his most docrtinaire and acerbic liberal nominees for 4CA...
Via Chotiner, I think this post from the usually entertaining David Carr contains some classic fallacies:And what鈥檚 particularly clear this season is that the Academy will reward excellence, no matter.
Seriously:Illinois' embattled but defiant governor turned to the history books to describe the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan's attack on Pearl.
Yglesias says what needs to be said about Dirk Benedict's screed against the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It takes some chutzpah to rant against a better actor taking a more richly written role in a critically acclaimed show that has, thus far, run four times as long...
Apparently, the extra days to deliberate didn't do Paterson much good, as he has apparently made a very poor selection to fill New York's vacant Senate seat. Her Republican dynastic.
For this Blog For Choice day, Kay has a good post summarizing what legislation would be desirable. Of the legislative changes, I think that the repeal of the Hyde Amendment.