(As much as I try to pry myself away from Political Scientists, they keep pulling me back in. Nevertheless, it is an honor to be guest blogging here amongst the ivory tower academics at LGM. Though if I'm exposed to any references to heteroskedasticity, endogeneity or...
Henley makes a good point in re: Paul Bremer's apologia today:And yet! Bremer’s arguments on de-Baathification and disbanding the army have some plausibility to them. He points out that the.
I should start by thanking Rob and the gang for allowing me to guest blog at LGM. I'm actually starting a little early, but I have a fairly busy schedule.
Jim Jones, the son of a Klansman who originally hailed from Indiana, was born on this date in 1931. He sold monkeys door-to-door to finance his first ministry in downtown Indianapolis, where he founded an organization that eventually became known as the People's Temple. Dismayed by...
Tomorrow I'll be leaving for Albuquerque. Coverage of the Kentucky beat will be left in the able hands of the distinguished Rodger Payne of Duck of Minerva and Rodger Payne,.
The House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen came into existence in 1576 as the result of one of many splits within the original House Hohenzollern. Unlike their more famous Franconian cousins, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Don DeLillo's new novel about 9/11 is out. It's been 30 years since the publication of Players, the first of DeLillo's works to deal with the the psychology, organization and aftermath of terrorism; among that novel's more ominous tones, the central character, Pammie, works at the...
Above: Mariners President Chuck Armstrong and GM Bill BavasiI see that Jeff Weaver will be resting his 14.32 ERA on the D.L. with Lit up like Jaime Navarro in Coors.
In light of this, I breathlessly await a lengthy diatribe form Mickey Kaus in which he argues for strengthening teacher's unions so that they're protected from having their innovation crushed.
Today, we celebrate the women who grunted us into being, nourished us to maturity, soothed our wounds, comforted us in sickness, confiscated our drugs, embarrassed us in front of friends, and unintentionally promoted the array of neuroses from which only the sweet touch of death will...
Last Tuesday's episode of Veronica Mars was fine and all, but I'm really not convinced that we need to encourage over the hill musicians to play more stuff "from the.
Between March 2003 and August 2006, there was never a period in Iraq in which Coalition casualties exceeded 2.5/day for each of three consecutive months. Since September 2006, Coalition casualties.