I have finally finished my syllabi for Defense Statecraft and East Asian Security. This is the first time I've taught the latter, so it's a bit rough. I went with a state based approach rather than an issue based because it seemed easier to creative...
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Well, the "Ethiopia would have attacked anyway" defense of US support for the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia is looking worse all the time, which leaves the "it was a good.
Above: Pajamas Media (#5)I urge you to read Eric Boehlert's meticulous decimation of the fake AP scandal, which does a particularly good job of nailing down the evasive goalpost-shifting now.
Shorter Ledeen: "The only way to show our will to win a war that -- believe it or not -- I actually opposed is for the President and Secretary of State issue a stream of vague, incomprehensible, immaterial assertions about the desirability of 'regime change'...
Running errands and fighting a cold yesterday, I forgot to comment on this Ryan Lizza thumbsucker. But Lizardbreath, Ann Friedman, and Tracy Clark-Flory dismantle the argument with great effectiveness. Meanwhile,.
The 283 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America who did not vote for Bert Blyleven aren't evil, or even necessarily stupid. They simply know nothing of baseball. In.
Brad Plumer writes:If the United States government had a bigger Army at its disposal, it would view the military as the solution to an even greater number of foreign policy problems. As Madeline Albright once asked Colin Powell, "What's the point in having this superb...
The hapless Joe Klein tries to get himself out of the massive hole he's dug for himself by claiming that "Just because [dirty, smelly hippies who agree with me for.
A titan departs the liberal blogosphere. What's worst about it is that it will reduce the amount of blogging on the most pressing issue of the day--NHL hockey--to, er, me.
Shit.Well, that certainly explains the numbness in my arms, the stabbing chest pains, the inexplicable sweating and shortness of breath.
Since everyone else in the world appears to be watching the BCS Championship game with slackened jaws, this might be a good time to admit that until this afternoon, I.
7-0 on the first play. Let this serve as a game open thread.