Congratulations…
….are in order for Daniel Larison whose graduation was today. The Ph.D. is finally in the bag. Now he can bring out the big guns….
Monthly Archive: March 2009
word for the day
infandous: ““Unspeakable, not to be spoken of; nefarious,” (archaic). As in: “[MP George Galloway] is an “infandous street-corner Cromwell.” –Alykhan Velshi, a spokesperson for Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. Re: barring Galloway entry to...
quote of the day
“Talk about misplaced anger. Wall Street built a wooden house, stuffed it with flammable material, set it on fire, and then poured gasoline on the blaze. And now it’s blaming the inferno on the...
Do something useful for a change…
Writes Yglesias: Let the business geniuses, if any there be in these firms, get out and go do something useful. What a concept…
Growth vs/equal to Prosperity?
Will Wilkinson reprints the response of John Cochrane to the Brad DeLong-Luigi Zingales debate at the Economist. [The whole debate is very much worth the read]. Cochrane begins: Nobody is Keynesian now, really. Keynes...
Geithner and AIG
I guess there’s only one guy to blame for the AIG bonuses, so next time Obama revs up the populist righteous indignation he knows who to direct it at….
less (legal and moral) light re: abortion
Kyle over at Vogue Republic has a thought-provoking two parter set (Part I and Part II) of reflections responding to Freddie’s post the other day on liberal induction and abortion rights. Kyle covers a...
because not all poems should fall on Sundays
After Work ~by Gary Snyder The shack and a few trees float in the blowing fog I pull out your blouse, warm my cold hands on your breasts. you laugh and shudder peeling garlic...
us lacking political capacity
Clive Crook writing in The Financial Times: Political capacity is the real key, and here is where I would question the administration’s judgment. The prospects for Mr Obama’s agenda depend on his ability to...
Remarking on the Unremarkable and Making it Remarkable
Earlier tonight, I expressed surprise that the idea that AIPAC is more powerful and active than any other foreign policy interest group is deemed at all controversial. I went on to point out some...
Needs More AIPAC!
In comments downblog, Roque Nuevo is looking for something to back up E.D.’s assertion that “No other foreign policy lobby is as active or as strong as AIPAC.” Whatever one’s feelings about American policy...
no trees were harmed in the making of this blog
I suppose when it comes to politics I am a bit of a mixed bag. I think ideally moving away from a large federal state, a massive coporate economy and toward a localized, self-determining...
turn on, tune in, opt out
Writes Andrew Sullivan: Andrew Biggs highlights an interesting new study on social security finding that 48 percent of American workers would opt out if they had the choice. I sure would. [emphasis added] Okay,...
Dear Abby
Jack Gillis proves that sometimes less is more: Dear Abby: I’ve been in a long-term relationship with Benry. Bank cheated on me back in the 1930s but I put my foot down at the...
induction leading to abortion qualms
This is the product of late-night thinking, and my ideas tend to be even more crack-pot in that context. So fair warning. Those who have read me for some time know that I am...
The Un-American Conservative
Noah Pollock is in rare form in this Commentary Post – utilizing all the tired, typical old strawmen and red herrings against “paleos” and the unabashedly critical conservative voices at the American Conservative magazine...
Clay Shirky responds
Just wanted to turn your attention to Clay Shirky’s response to my post from the comments, which I’ve quoted in its entirely below. “That’s a big part of my anger: people act as though...
Not Knowing the Meaning of Words: Special Diplomacy Edition
Christian Brose writing at the Shadow Gov’t on the ForeignPolicy blogroll: Is negotiating akin to appeasement? No, not inherently, but as with everything, the devil’s in the details. Diplomacy is not just a synonym for...
