Daily Archive: May 13, 2009

/// May 13, 2009

The Pakistan is on the Brink Meme

Unfortunately the Obama administration has been falling for this one, putting pressure on the weak civilian government to initiate a massive heavy campaign in the Swat valley, leaving up to a million and a...

Erik Kain

/// May 13, 2009

congratulations are in order…

….to John Schwenkler and J.L. Wall who have new digs at The American Conservative. Upturned Earth and Eunomia under the same roof? Sounds dangerous.

William Brafford

/// May 13, 2009

You lost me there.

So I’m pretty excited about tonight’s season finale of Lost. I’ve been watching steadily since the last part of the third season, and now we’re at the end of the fifth season, with one...

Will

/// May 13, 2009

No one is criticizing Rush Limbaugh’s business acumen

Or questioning the extent of his audience. Or his talent for talk radio. Or any of that stuff. I mean, seriously. The point – restated here with more patience than I could ever muster...

Erik Kain

/// May 13, 2009

the imperial presidency (again)

I read I, Claudius and Claudius the God recently. In Rome after Julius Caesar, the winds of fortune changed with the Emperor. Under Augustus and Claudius, times were good. Under Tiberius and Caligula, times...

Erik Kain

/// May 13, 2009

teaching and choice

So we’ve gone some rounds in the teaching/education debate – with Will, Freddie, John, Conor, Sonny and myself all chiming in to one degree or another – and I’d like to follow up a...