Big Tent Dem questions Paul Krugman's analysis of the election in FL-13, which (for whatever reason) clearly thwarted the will of the voters. I should say, first of all, that he's absolutely correct about 2000--the poor ballot design by Democratic officials was crucial to Gore losing...
I note that the upcoming gig (Thursday, Bowery Poetry Club) of friend of (and frequent commenter at) L, G & M Darcy James Argue has been touted in the august.
Iain Ballantyne notes a discussion of Britain's "Finest Hour" regarding the relative value of the contribution of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to Britain's survival in 1940.
I'm off to bucolic New England for Thanksgiving, so happy holidays to all L, G & M readers. While I'm gone, enjoy this amusing cartoon about the most irritating rhetorical trope in American politics.
Two good posts at Broadsheet on this Thanksgiving eve. First--and truly reason to be thankful--is that walking evidence for the sometimes-forgotten fact that terrible, shallow ideas expressed in good prose.
I'm going to be eating one of these tomorrow. It's unlikely that I'll survive, so I just wanted to wish everyone well as I stand at precipice of doom. As.
I think because I'm listed first, I often get emails meant for other bloggers here at LGM. Today, I'd like to share with you one of those emails:I read your article on Milton Friedman. I see you live in Seattleand are 31. You are quite the...
Scott Johnson -- whose sense of shame is inversely proportionate to his lack of historical knowledge -- invokes the term "massive resistance" in a post from yesterday, which reprints a.
If you love the VD Hanson-bashing genre (and obviously we do), be sure to check out Matt's contribution. A sample:Rather than view this appreciation, imitation, and innovation as a metaphor.
Wondering how Eric Keroack--the crank Bush as appointed to be in charge of family planning funding--could believe a bunch of non-scientific gibberish (which, to be fair, he expressed--appropriately enough--in cartoon form?) Apparently, he's not a board-certified doctor at all. Heckuva job, Bushie!
Ooh, there's a novel out about the construction of Dreadnought. John J. McKeon:When a nation has a big technological lead over its potential military rivals, how long can that lead.
Wondering where Marshall Wittmann would end up after the termination of his unreadable blog? The answer may not surprise you: Two weeks after winning reelection as an independent due to.