Far behind on my reading, I still gotten to my review of What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts? In the meantime, Michael has an interesting interview chez the Talking Dog, which is particularly relevant in light of the most recent embarrassment to befall the hapless David...
VD Hanson:Then why has not bin Laden and Dr. Zawahiri turned jihadist attention to either country? While neither has troops in the Middle East, each might at least warrant some.
Mark Steyn is channeling Madison Grant again, first in his latest column, in which he explores the Passing of the Great Race:The "realists" think that "containment" and "stability" are wise.
Hostility toward the recent shift to "pick-a-party" primaries in Washington has resulted in a Charter Amendment in Pierce County(a well populated county immediately south of Seattle's King county, with some conservative rural-flavored outer suburbs and the urban, working class Tacoma) That will end the primary for...
I have it on good authority that some law professors are deeply sympathetic to Ezra's position on social science students and law school. I recall that, during graduate school, the.
In light of some of the comments to this post, I should clarify what I meant when I said that Bush's election was inevitable by the time Bush v. Gore.
The first American battleship built on the West Coast was USS Oregon, commissioned in 1896. USS Virginia, USS Massachusetts, and USS New York were built in their nominal states. The first and only battleship built in its own state on the West Coast was USS California,...
As of Thanksgiving, the war in Iraq has now stretched on longer than the United States' involvement in World War II. To mark the occasion, the Washington Post decided to.
Belated Friday Cat Blogging... Mamacat
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.