Longtime readers surely know that none of us here find principled pacifism to be a useful philosophy or guide to foreign policy. I must admit I've never really felt like I understand pacifism as a personal philosophy, let alone a guide for policy. In that spirit...
To people who saw this and know I work on the Upper East Side, 1)I'm fine, and 2)although I can see the helicopters out the window I have no particular.
Shorter Confederate Wankee: Occam's Razor clearly tells us that the simplest explanation for this study is that a team of researchers devoted years toward earning respected positions in their fields;.
Since everyone appears to be thinking about nukes this week, I thought I might pass along part of an e-mail sent to me today by a former student who is now attending graduate school somewhere within driving distance of the Nevada Test Site. She ventured out...
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In light of the new study of deaths caused by the War in Iraq, Sam reminds us of this pair of classic posts by Daniel Davies, debunking the know-nothing attempts.
No, seriously:I'll take neat printing over sloppy cursive any day, and -- take it from a guy who's graded a lot of bluebooks -- nearly all the cursive you see is sloppy. It's hard to find someone under 70 with nice, traditional penmanship.Sometimes, I actually say...
Following up the maritime theme...The latest thing in maritime circles is the "1000 ship Navy". This isn't an effort to triple the existing USN; the Navy is looking for 313.
Two days ago Kim Jong Il bequeathed a glorious gift on the Navy and the Air Force. Because the Army is deeply engaged in Iraq, it has been requesting additional.
Or at least I must assume that he does. In another part of the post that Dave refers to below, Hanson declares:My rule of thumb is that almost every current, know-it-all critic, whether a Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Chris Matthews (“we are all neo-cons now”), Francis...
Although the home version of Lawyers, Guns and Money has run into snags at the design stage -- for some reason, combining the principles of "Strat-o-Matic Baseball" with "Battleship" is.
Summarized Hitch: I'm shocked, schocked that the people who planned my beloved war would have anything to do with Henry Kissinger. Why, I thought that they shared all of my.