Juan Cole does a better job with Reagan than I ever could.
After some controversial posts, I thought I would go with this. Griffey hit 496 yesterday, 497 and 498 today. It's remarkable that, even after losing two and a half seasons.
To me, the question of nuclear power, as with conscription, becomes easier when removed from the abstract level to the context of American politics. Discussing the merits of nuclear power.
My post below on oil and alternative energy sources made no comment on nuclear power. There is a good reason for that--I'm not at all sure what I should think about nuclear power. I've seen convincing cases for it and against it. All I'm really sure...
Hmm. Anything good about the Reagan legacy? We can say that he probably wasn't dumb enough to actually believe in supply-side economics. He understood the political value of tax cuts,.
When a baseball game is interrupted so that Fred Barnes can spout wingnut propaganda at interminable length, the terrorists have already won.
The Stranger, an alternative weekly here in Seattle, is the best source for local news I'm aware of. It certainly beats the other weekly and both dailies. Perhaps there are better sources, but I don't really know where to look. Some of their non-news columns are...
I've made the from the left pro-draft arguments on numerous occasions in the last year or so. Mostly, I've done it with students, especially in my Intro to Poli Sci.
According to Prof. Reynolds: WHILE I WENT OUT TO GET FROZEN YOGURT, the InstaWife watched CBS news. She pronounced it "one long commercial for the Democrats." Needless to say, no examples.
I differ somewhat from Scott on the question of the draft. The draft does have a couple of positive aspects that he doesn't mention, but that I think are important. First, there's no real compelling evidence that a draft makes an army worse; a lot of...
Alessandra Stanley has an odd piece in the New York Times about the recent spate of "women behaving badly" shows, which she claims are demeaning to women. I haven't seen the.
Among Katha Pollitt's many enviable talents is the ability to cut to the heart of an issue by saying something that by all rights should be banal, but is often.