Once again, Muqtada Al-Sadr challenges the Occupation, and once again the confrontation ends with him still breathing. This is a terribly conceived war, and I never really held out much hope for its long-term success. Moreover, I'm not in the habit of calling for massive...
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I've mentioned before that Tacitus.org is a pretty pointless blog when Tac himself isn't posting. Harley, the liberal, is decent but hardly anything special. The rest don't do anything but.
One of the many great features on baseball reference.com is a feature that allows you to look up the players who share your birthday. (And to think my degree only.
Via Josh Marshall, the Illinois GOP is apparently considering a drastic option to counter the Obama juggernaut in the Senatorial campaign. That's right, you guessed it: Alan Keyes. Pure electoral gold, right there. I can't really take this seriously. I've heard a few people suggest the...
It would be difficult to imagine a movie from a major filmmaker sounding worse that Spike Lee's latest joint, She Hate Me. The centerpiece of the film apparently involves a.
Tacitus is a fine blogger, and it's really too bad that he's gone on vacation for a month, and turned tacitus.org over to schmoes like this: Which is actually more.
Check out this interesting piece by Michael Penn over at Juan Cole. Penn is concerned about the increasing willingness of Japan's government to use force, and about the increasing independence of the Self-Defense Forces. The fact that all of this is clearly contrary to Japan’s Constitution...
As a foreign policy instructor at a major university, I am blessed by the occasional free book. Most of these are textbooks, which I quickly sell to the highest bidder..
Brad DeLong offers a dissenting voice from the enthusiasm we've been seeing (and voicing ourselves) about Ehrenreich: I agree that Barbara Ehrenreich is a very smart and graceful writer, a keen analyst.
Former GOP Grand Wiz...er, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is very concerned about John Edwards. Well, of the 100 people in the Senate Lott is certainly one of them, so let's hear what he has to say: But Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi and a fellow...
Andrew Sullivan argues against quietism with respect to the Federal Marriage Amendment: Orrin Hatch's piece in National Review Online is a depressing read. Hatch was once skeptical of the Musgrave amendment.
It's always nice to see smart people say something I've been saying for years. First, Jacob Levy. A solid lifelong tried-and-true libertarian (something I've always wondered how he might square.