While conceding that Christopher Hitchens's latest unintentionally risible strawman-burning is not one of his finest efforts (myself, I can't tell the difference), Michael Totten defends his central thesis, arguing that "[t]he American right is a better champion for secularism where it is most urgently needed. And for that...
As Laura Rozen and Mark Goldberg point out, it looks as if the foreign policy hawks are starting to turn their attention back to China. This shouldn't be surprising, for a whole.
Read this exceptional post by Daniel Davies at Crooked Timber. Davies shows how most of the critiques of the Lancet study on Iraqi casualties can be systematically demolished, and that the.
I challenge you to try to make sense of the following out-of context quote: "Every Turks & Caicos Islander knows a Canadian" is a common saying in the Islands. Perhaps the problem is that every Canadian does not know a Turks & Caicos Islander. The apologists...
In my inexplicable effort to keep at least one conservative blog on my regular reading list (tacitus has been a bit of a disaster lately) I paid a rare visit.
In the comment section, Redbeard asks: Since the insurgents will always melt away and hide when we invade a town, might we be better off NOT pulverizing cities and trying to.
I share Matt Yglesias' distaste for "Veterans Day." Taking November 11 out of its historical context serves no real good purpose; as John Quiggan points out, the many of the worst crimes of the twentieth century are rooted in the events of August, 1914. Instead of a day...
You know how Van Halen started with David Lee Roth, and yet somehow replaced him with a succession of lead singers who were exponentially worse? That pretty much sums up.
Let me join Alex at Martini Republic in wishing Ennio Morricone a happy seventy-sixth birthday. May he have many more.
Another short play from Matt, in reference to Mike Thompson's modest proposal to expel all the blue states: Leaving side the obvious fact that Mr. Thompson doesn't understand the concept of liberalism (here's a hint: you're soaking in it), I find the idea that the Red States should...
I don't follow the ins and outs of DOJ behavior anywhere near as closely as Matthew Yglesias probably does, so for all I know there's merit to his highly qualified defense.
Rebel Fighters Who Fled Attack May Now Be Active Elsewhere Hmm. Really? Are you suggesting the insurgents may retreat in the face of an overwhelming conventional assault mounted by a.