An important point by Yglesias that's not made often enough:Rumsfeld has been a poor Secretary of Defense. Overwhelmingly, however, this poorness has tended to manifest itself in Rumsfeld advocating horribly misguided policies that the President of the United States also advocates. Now, there's a question as...
At lunch at the aforementioned Kingdom of Vegetarians yesterday, the conversation turned to the question of when a child's wish to convert to vegetarianism for ethical reasons should be indulged.
A Philly restaurant recommendation: Kingdom of Vegetarians. Cheap, delicious vegan-kosher Chinese food. The $10 a head dim sum lunch was the most expensive thing on the menu but it's worth.
The Queen Elizabeth class represented a leap forward in battleship design almost equivalent in degree to that of Dreadnought. Following the construction of Iron Duke, the Admiralty decided to pursue a class of ships that would be larger, more heavily armed, and faster than any predecessor...
Good Christ. What's next? No doubling down after 10pm on Tuesdays? I'm sure Iran is behind this, somehow...
My parents are coming to town this week, so I was asking a couple people about potential shows to see. One theater maven correspondent had this to say about The.
September returns, and with it God's most noble endeavour, Oregon Duck football. I'm going to tend toward the conservative this year and predict a 9-3 record; they'll lose two of three to Cal, USC, and Oklahoma and one of two to Fresno State and ASU. Unfortunately,...
In the midst of a revealing summary of the Siegel episode (and I'm inclined to agree with Steve; Siegel was on a mission to destroy, and Ezra was quite reserved.
Halfway through what's been a good conference for me this time. Sadly, while my intellectual interests are quite broad, I find I have a better conference experience when I limit.
Just in case they vanish from the Google cache (also here), it's really worth preserving some of the best of the comments of his sock puppet for posterity:You have quite an obsession with Siegel! Sounds to me like you're an envious young writer. I mean, first...
In comments, Ryan from Pigs and Battleships (best blog name ever) reports that Siegel is gone.I have to believe that the rest of the TNR crew is breathing a sigh.
DeLong explains hackery, complacent reactionary contrarian division.