Scott and I discussed the military and political side of it, here. By happenstance, today my Gmail...
Year: 2009
Good stuff from Ross Douthat on crime-fighting and prison policy.
Seu Jorge sings “Life on Mars”:
“If anyone tries to tell you that uncertainty about climate change is a reason for inaction, he’s...
This interview with Daniel Larison over at The Economist is quite good. You should read it.
If by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs...
An epic (and topical) cover of Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA”: More cheesy pop songs should...
Stars’ version of “This Charming Man” should also be in the running:
Faye Wong singing “Dreams” in Cantonese gets my vote:
We have enough examples of republican forms of galactic government to know that the alternative isn't that...
I hereby declare James Hanley this season’s poet laureate.
“The most important dividing line between “ancient” and “medieval” – the profoundest marker of the “fall of...
Lately I find the real distinction between old and new media most obvious when comparing blogs to...
More good stuff from New York Magazine on the golden age of television.
Alex Massie channels Frederick Jackson Turner to explain the United States’ attachment to limited government.
This interview with Andy Schlafly [below] of conservapedia.com is hard to watch. It’s almost embarrassing. I think Colbert...
Meet the surprisingly sympathetic guy who oversaw the bank bailout.
In the wake of several high profile setbacks, a recent Politico article casts doubt on one of...
Victor Davis Hanson won’t give up the fight: The president apparently does not realize that in Iraq...
