Obviously, I agree entirely with the substance of Paul Campos's reply to Glenn Reynolds's attempts to defend illegal and counterproductive assassinations. Since it came up in comments too, I should perhaps further address the question of academic freedom that Campos brings up:A final note: My column...
Since I'm apparently incapable of coming up with ideas of my own this week, I'm going to add once again to something Rob just wrote. I've never been particularly involved.
Indeed, it's now remarkable easy to construct a course such that the benefits (other than the degree) are pretty much non-exclusive. In my Defense Statecraft course, for example, anyone could.
Today, I am sorry to report, concludes another year of Bill Frist's unwholesome existence. Happily for all, though, Frist's 55th birthday marks the first time since 1995 that he's not passed his special day violating the Hippocratic Oath by representing Tennessee in the US Senate. Frist's...
In comments to this post, I'm afraid that regular commenter Anderson has fallen for the old conservertarian bait-and-switch:Yeah, quite frankly, I think punitives are a terrible idea in general --.
Good news from the Great Faces, Great Places state:An abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and health of the mother was rejected Wednesday morning by legislative committee in Pierre.The.
In addition to being bad on the merits, what puzzles me about Tom Vilsack's decision to end his campaign yesterday is what makes him think it would work. I'll admit that I'm no political consultant; I don't have a strong idea of what would appeal to...
Rob's post on luck and wingnuttery reminded me of a Times editorial written four years ago by historian Jackson Lears on the subject of George W. Bush and his Providential.
At some point within the manly space that is the wingnutosphere, it became fashionable to talk about things like war with Iraq or the Surge in terms of long odds..
Erik makes an important point regarding the political backlash against the Dixie Chicks in his good commentary on J. Lester Feder's fine article on the right wing shift of country music:But it's hardly just politics that has led to this scenario for them. They always existed...
Shorter Michael Medved: The sheer terror of potentially working with somebody who might find you sexually attractive totally justifies hating fags. And might I add, no fat chicks? This whole.
Glenn Reynolds uses some somewhat prose-like stylings ("beclowned"?) to defend his crackpot assassination scheme. Alas, he doen't explicitly defend his farcical claim that the U.S and Iran have been at.