James Q. Whitman has an interesting new book about the development of the concept of reasonable doubt in the Anglo-American legal system. An odd feature of that system is its quite explicit refusal to produce anything like a formal definition of this supposedly crucial concept. How...
The CENTCOM non-denial-denial came only after a call from the U.S. government:The statement by an aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki calling his remarks in Der Spiegel "misinterpreted and.
From an excellent NYT article about a woman buried under a mountain of debt following the dissolution of her marriage, loss of job, and large medical expenses, this shocking news.
Alan Richman picks the best burgers in New York. Alas, I've never been to the first four and have never been to Peter Luger for lunch. (I already waste too much time at the gym for it to be more than a special treat.) The best...
Why did the two Communist giants part ways in the early 1960s? Realist explanations have concentrated on the problems associated with two powerful states sharing a long border. Other explanations.
The NYT has given prominent space to some reckless, uninformed voices in recent months, but there's little to my recollection that compares with this horrific offering from the Israeli historian.
This had me worried about the kangaroo problem; when we face the onslaught of Svalbard hatched monkey cyborgs, will the kangaroo be at our back, or in our face? An Australian woman has been saved by a pet dog which leapt to her aid after she...
Shorter Michael Gerson: The blame for the consequences of global warming must be put on people who support measures to curb it, not people who reflexively oppose any solution when.
Stephen Hayes is embarrassed and ashamed. No, not for that. Or that. No, not for that either. No, not really for any of the reasons that Stephen Hayes ought to.
Courtesy of The United States Army.From now on, when anyone asks about "black Confederates," I'm going to refer them to this.
Hysterical predictions aside, Kevin Drum notes that the initiative to overturn the pro-gay-marriage ruling of the California Courts is trailing by nine points. I don't want to be complacent --.
Who else but Stuart Taylor? His argument seems to be that the best remedy for illegal acts of torture is to assure that (apart from some isolated low-level "bad apple".