Movies by the two worst directors regularly given major American studio projects who aren't Joel Schumacher have recently opened. And yet, I think I would sit through either of their movies 10 times before sitting through the new unspeakably appalling-looking Robin Williams showcase once. (It's a...
A lot of ink (or e-ink) has been spilled today about Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence. Scott touched on Bush's consistency when it comes to pardons -- loyalty is.
To nearly everyone's unreckoned misfortune, I was born 37 years ago today. My parents -- who probably expected that I would make them rich one day by earning a living.
Romney ahead in New Hampshire. This reinforces my belief that the GOP race is basically between Romney and Thompson, and I'm not ready to hand things over to the latter yet.
On the issue of affirmative action and the alleged principled "originalism" of the Court's conservatives, Simon Lazurus has a very good summary:On the contrary, as legal and historical scholars --.
Thers makes a comparison.As I've mentioned before, I actually think that the narrow issue of not granting a pardon to Karla Faye Tucker (as opposed to his conduct afterward and.
I'm pretty much in agreement with Matt on the Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan:As William S. Lind observed on June 11, the rise in strikes is indicative of the ongoing failure of the "surge" on the ground. After all, "calling in air is the last,...
Via Noah at Danger Room comes this: "The poobahs are worried that 'the new emphasis on... counterinsurgency may be undermining conventional [big war] capabilities.'""The major concern is, while we're doing.
First, I come home to find that Jim Capozzola has passed away (R.I.P.). Then I see that Bush has commuted Scooter Libby's sentence. (Although, at least for some cross-ideological comity.
Peter has an excellent post on analogies of war, and how useful/not useful they may be in constructing policy. I would only add that analogies are more than simply a technique for the legitimation of pre-conceived policies; policy makers themselves are not immune to the kind...
All,As tempting as it may be to feed Fred, please don't; we're currently exploring ways to get rid of him. Until we do, please just let him rant.The Management
Glenn Greenwald and I have disagreed in the past about the journalism of Michael Gordon. Perhaps because I'm interested specifically in security and defense issues, I find much of Gordon's.