Against my better judgment, I used Kernell and Jacobsohn's The Logic of American Politics for my course on American political history. I wasn't crazy about it in my perusal, but it's recommended by scholars I respect who teach a similar type of course, so I thought I'd...
Most people who closely follow security and intelligence issues have heard of "Team B", a group of conservatives and soon-to-be neoconservatives who argued that the CIA had vastly underestimated the.
I don't have much to add to Rob's able attack on the laughable attempts of Cheney to spin the Duelfer report. I would like to emphasize that utter worthlessness of.
Dick Cheney doesn't think it matters that the WMDs didn't exist. In some sense, he's correct. The report today did indicate that Hussein intended to continue weapons programs in the future. If intentions are enough, then the invasion was a good idea. Note how far ahead we're...
What the fuck is he doing out there? On the other hand, every inning an already slagged Yankees bullpen throws can only be good...
Latest Zogby battleground poll is out. Things are looking good; Kerry wins big. There are reasons to be suspicious of the Zogby poll, because it relies on methods that are untested,.
I've talked about Bird Dog from Tacitus before, probably overmuch. I've mentioned that, as Tacitus himself has devoted more and more time to Redstate.org, he's allowed Bird Dog to take over the old Tacitus site, and how this has coincided with precipitous decline in the quality of commentary....
From Ted Barlow, Crooked Timber. When told not to mention John Kerry’s name in his response, Edwards mentioned it twice. Legend has it that if you say John Kerry’s name three.
I also thought this was one of the best lines of the debate. It gets to the heart of the problems with what passes for "conservatism" in this country. The.
Matt has a brilliant post on Cheney's suitability as a Bond villain: A caretaker one? Yes, even though Cheney would not be out of place as a Bond villain, I don't think he would rank very highly in the pantheon unless he A) seriously renovated his...
Can it be that hard to make up plausible lies? Addressing the National Prayer Breakast, Cheney said: "Thank you. Thank you very much. Congressman Watts, Senator Edwards, friends from across America.
The estimation quiz was fun. Despite managing to guess Tony Benn's age, I couldn't best Rob: 36%. I'm really, really bad at estimating weights and distances (and when did they.