great diavlog with Lindsey and Frum
Brink Lindsey and David Frum are a couple of guys who I disagree with a lot, and who would think little of me or my opinions if they were ever exposed to them. But...
Daily Archive: June 10, 2009
two graphs
Following up on this post from yesterday, on von’s post here, I provide (via Yglesias) yet another graph….
Failed Binary Middle East Lenses: Lebanon and Iranian Elections Edition
I realize this is the editorial page of the neocon Washington Post, but I find this kind of commentary on the recent elections in Lebanon and the upcoming ones in Iran far too common....
thoughts on socialized medicine
I like Yglesias’s idea: I actually think there’s a very strong case on the merits for a limited form of socialized medicine. Which is to say that I think it would be smart for...
Foreign Affairs Reporting Pet Peeve
This NyTimes article on a local Pakistani villager uprising against the Taliban in NorthWest Frontier Province refers to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as “lawless tribal areas on the Afghan border.” Could we stop...
Sometimes We’re Wrong
Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing on conservatism: But if you are the slave, that essentially conservative approach will always privilege your master over you. Conservatism, with its belief in institutions, traditions, and the past, will seemingly...
