I'm in the midst of reading FM 3-24, the new counter-insurgency manual for the Army and Marine Corps. While I expected a sophisticated document, the degree to which the manual draws on work in the modern social sciences is really impressive. On culture:3-37. Culture is “web...
Can someone please tell me why Maureen Dowd has a column in the New York Times? (Actually, frankly, I don't want to know.) Jesus, we have almost two years left.
Glenn Reynolds, 2/11/07 (i.e. 3 days after this was released to the public): "I think it's legitimate, and partly because it was in the week when she was coming out.
Sadly, the vast archival landfill of the internets has been unable to provide me with an image of this ad, which appeared briefly during the summer of 2001, at the very moment that Der Preznit was -- among other things -- weighing the enormous moral consequences...
An now, a very special Valentine's Day message from the Bush administration.
Melissa's resignation, as many bloggers liberal and conservative have noted, is highly regrettable. The fact that the misogynist, anti-Semite and all around bigot Bill Donohue continued to go after McEwan--who.
Good one. Although, in fairness, the Man of More Rubble and Less Trouble was a pioneer of the Hope-Is-Too-A-Plan strategy.
As Bjork once put it, "You blow a fuse . . ."
Shorter Verbatim Glenn Reynolds: "Nor do I think that high-profile diplomacy is an appropriate response. We should be responding quietly, killing radical mullahs and Iranian atomic scientists." Killing Iranian religious.
The Times has the details on the deal. Essentially, the US and the five party group will be trading electricity, fuel oil, food, and some diplomatic goodies for a verifiable freeze on North Korea's nuclear program. The freeze won't be wholly verifiable, but the agreement will...
Most of you probably think you don't need to read another evisceration of the buffoon Joe Klein, and you're almost certainly correct. Still, if you're in the mood, you could.
If you're going to drop in on a post about Joseph McCarthy (among other unsavory people), don't scold your audience for not mentioning the "Soviet archives" called the "Verona" cables.