On a whim, I went to see The Walkmen last night. My impressions: 1) They pretty much live up to the hype. I'm planning to pick up at least one of their albums shortly. 2) I've can't think of another rock band as drummer-centered as these guys. Their...
Matt Yglesias with some analysis of who, electorally speaking, a terrorist attack in the coming months would help. It sounds reasonable enough, although I really don't think we have any good way.
I've signed up to go see it through Moveon at a house in my neighborhood on Sunday at 7:00. Anyone local who is interested in joining me, send me an.
Matt Duss has a very nice discussion of the legal and political questions surrounding the Israeli security barrier, with links to additional material. I try to avoid almost all discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute in my classes and my writing; others know more and have far stronger...
With, I suspect, partial tongue in cheek, Tacitus writes: Picture, if you will, a public ceremony in April 2065 honoring Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth -- two men, patriots each in.
This is about as sensible a response to this as I can imagine.
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. This morning, however, I discovered a little gem in my box by the name A Foreign Policy...
While I'm sure most of you don't need me to tell you this, last night's Daily Show interview with Wolf Blitzer was a real gem. Catch the reply today if.
Rather than wasting your money on Hitch, please send us booze. We're more entertaining while drunk, and we promise to blog while drinking whatever you send. I prefer Makers Mark. We.
Trapper John notes that Mike Ditka was one hell of a bad football coach. Hopefully the people of Chicago will remember this in November. I'm inclined to think that they will; Ditka will put a very quick end to the "celebrity slate" of the Republican Party. He's...
Check out the latest Zogby. Things looking very decent. The next four months are going to be murder. Can't get too optimistic, because I don't want to go through the next.
The Poor Man provides a handy advance summary of my forthcoming oral defense.