Daily Archive: September 28, 2009

/// September 28, 2009

Something to Consider: Iran Edition

From an excellent NyTimes article on the debate between European, American, and Israeli intelligence agencies on the Iranian nuclear question: Graham Allison, the author of “Nuclear Terrorism” and a Harvard professor who focuses on...

Chris Dierkes

/// September 28, 2009

Purple Toryism

Continuing on the theme of Red Toryism, ED writes: It’s true, the free market is a system sans morality, a system of personal choices and determinations, and our political leaders should do their utmost...

Will

/// September 28, 2009

Don’t Mess With Texas?

After Cass Sunstein’s contentious confirmation hearing, I decided to pick up a copy of Nudge to see what all the fuss was about. Did you know “Don’t Mess With Texas” started as an anti-littering...

William Brafford

/// September 28, 2009

Hawks’ gall.

I’m not really a foreign policy guy, but I thought Daniel Larison had a nice line on hawkishness today: “Hawks have routinely unleashed forces they do not understand, cannot control and are unwilling to...

Will

/// September 28, 2009

I don’t know why . . .

. . . but I find the idea of banning clove cigarettes or this absurd incident much more offensive to my libertarian-ish sensibilities than universal health care.

Will

/// September 28, 2009

Our “Terminally Awkward” Future

Anyone interested in scoring a cute girl’s number next Saturday modern courtship rituals should check out this excellent post (and comment thread) at The American Scene.

Freddie

/// September 28, 2009

we all love rights of the accused until it’s someone we really don’t like

I think the discussion about Roman Polanski’s recent arrest (and possible extradition) demonstrates how hard it can be to talk civilly about decidedly uncivil things. Personally, I think Polanski is a brilliant filmmaker and...