I'm fairly agnostic about the merits of the appointment -- I'm inclined to defer to Obama's judgment given the quality of his campaign and Clinton is certainly a person of substantial ability, but there are some real policy concerns here. Still, I have to admit the...
Congratulations to Henry Burris and the Calgary Stampeders on winning North America's most important football championship...
Not. Good.
Erik leads off this week's discussion of From Colony to Superpower. Chapter 3 deals with the period between 1801 and 1815. This period saw the dominance of the Republicans, and of the Virginia planter class. George Herring is considerably less sympathetic to the Republicans than to...
While watching Penn State destroy Michigan State yesterday, it occurred to me that we aren't hearing much this year about how Joe Paterno is a coach lost in another era,.
This article is kind of fabulous, in the sense that it clearly lays out the connection between a lax attitude towards regulation and the production of bad loans:Simeon Ferguson, an.
I am remiss in noting the passing last month of Ted Briggs. Briggs was the last of the three survivors of the destruction of HMS Hood at the Battle of Denmark Strait. Obits here and here.Here's an animated depiction of the loss of Hood, including an...
Consider: The Washington State Cougars are currently 1-10, with only a victory over Portland State to their credit. The Washington Huskies are 0-10, and likely to lose at Cal. The.
Jules Crittenden:George W. Bush did not solve all the problems of the world's most troubled and dangerous region. You don't say!Crittenden's larger claim -- that the Bush Doctrine has somehow.
I suppose this silly column doesn't really merit further discussion, but I think gmack's comment merits elevation to the main page:So far as I can tell, no one here knows whether McPherson harasses women. But we can tell that his argument is utterly ridiculous: if his...
How can a stigma become attached to an individual based on an informational seminar everyone has to attend? Mcpherson's tear-stained column is really some classic whining about nothing, but admittedly.
Judge Richard Leon -- an appointee of George W. Bush -- issued a major ruling following the wake of the Supreme Court's Boumediene decision yesterday, ordering five Guantanamo detainees released.