Late last year one of my students gave an outstanding presentation in defense of US agricultural subsidies, an accomplishment I had not thought possible. Daniel Davies makes the same argument here. Long story short, it's difficult to convincingly argue that agricultural subsidies have a serious detrimental...
After launching widespread airstrikes in order avoid negotiating with Hezbollah for the return of its soldiers, it now looks as if Israel will... negotiate with Hezbollah for the return of.
As with the dead-on-its-feet Giuliani candidacy, I would like to think this is obvious, but apparently not. In comments, the otherwise astute Redbeard gives the Naive Nader Apologist Account of.
Billmon on strategic planning:But, of course, I'm getting the impression from reading between the lines of the official propaganda that the IDF is struggling just to produce these little symbolic victories -- they seem to be "securing" the same objectives over and over again. So my...
A transcript of my remarks from yesterday is here.The front page of the Herald-Leader reads "UK Professor Rob Farley thinks that the Chinese would be the best choice for leadership.
Via B.A.B. (who, alas, is not going to see an end to "women's bodies being the playing field for election-year politicking" anytime soon), I see that George Bush has offered.
Via le professeur le plus dangereux en Amerique, the Little Professor (who did great work during the whole Ivan Tribble thing) offers a handy guide to the writing a Chronicle of Higher Education first person essay. As an addendum to the forum on blogging and academia...
I'm glad that someone was motivated to point out the obvious fact that Rudy Giuliani has absolutely no chance whatsoever of winning the Republican primary. The fact that anyone in.
Today, the Senate will vote on legislation to federally enforce excreable parental notification laws. (HT: Prof. B.) This would offer a worthy companion to its ludicrously arbitrary partial-birth abortion law.Why,.
It's obviously good news that the Voting Rights Act will be renewed. But it's also worth remembering that civil rights legislation is only as good as the willingness of the executive branch to enforce it. Alas, the DOJ continues its ongoing quest to pack the department...
Which wins? You guessed it. The Bush administration and Congress have slashed millions of dollars of military aid to African nations in recent years, moves that Pentagon officials and senior.
Heh. Chuckle.