If you believe that the "surge" will be effective, and if you believe that "rules of engagement" are the primary problem with the operation in Iraq, how can you not conclude that President Bush and his administration are among the most inept blunderers ever to conduct...
Via The Bellman, we learn that the principality of Sealand -- one of the world's great micronations -- is for sale. Sealand celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and has.
Via Ben, Rick Perlstein performs a valuable service by preempting the inevitable attempts this weekend to claim MLK on behalf of reactionaries who hated him then and still oppose his.
If you have the time, please be sure to check out David Neiwert's ongoing treatment of Eliminationism in America, which is about halfway through its projected ten parts. For most readers the basic plot will hardly come as a surprise, addressing as it such grotesqueries as...
Jason Zengerle's commentary on the TAP/Joe Klein feud is essentially vacant, but there's one paragraph that deserves some additional scrutiny, if only as a contribution to the "saying nothing in.
Marty Lederman argues (correctly) that the Constitution plainly gives Congress the formal powers to prevent the senseless escalation of the Iraq conflict. Matt brings up another question: would the courts.
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 cohesive...
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' and...
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.