Some tidbits from the past week or so. The Bank of Japan has declared it’s going to...
Year: 2012
Legends are more interesting and more attractive than the reality underneath them. And sometimes, things are said that inadvertently...
Because I’m feeling a bit churlish this morning, I’m inclined to go into nitpick mode. First, I’m...
I’m not particularly “afraid” because of what happened in Libya. Â I don’t imagine my way of life...
If Republicans ever want to win the women vote, they really need to stop talking about women. ...
While there are plenty of areas where I disagree with my side of the aisle, nothing stands...
Let me frame my observations with some disclosure: I would describe myself as a pro-commerce liberal. I...
I have heard it suggested, in our own backyard and countless times on Twitter, that Obama had a homefield...
I keep getting ads written in Chinese….
Why I bothered to watch I don’t know. I filled out my absentee ballot and mailed it...
Romney supported an Assaault Weapons Ban because both sides wanted it. Obama wants an Assault Weapons Ban...
Is this a great country or what? Via Drudge, natch. Enjoy the debate, open thread.
Recently, a print-only Jacobin article from Chris Maisano inspired a worthwhile discussion between Shawn Gude and Matt Yglesias over...
Thanks to Andrew Sullivan, I happened upon the new Internet series by Jerry Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting...
I hereby demand that all presidential debates be replaced by Rap Battles.
Age of Revolution, Age of Capital and Age of Empire are three of the greatest books ever written about...
Whenever I seem to take a break from the mendacity of scholars blogging, I find that some...
Author’s Note: This post is a follow-up to my original post on the political economy of magic....
[Updated: It appears that I misread David’s post – and the responses of some of his commenters....
Daniel Hatcher, a professor of law at the University of Baltimore, recently authored an op-ed for the...
