Davey over at Theopolitical has a very sharp post up analyzing the epic (can I call it...
Chris Dierkes
Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.
A reader writes Andrew: In their desire for Ahmadinejad to succeed, today’s neocons are in complete opposition...
Andrew writes: It seems clear that the protesters have shrewdly as well as sincerely adopted mass peaceful...
Andrew Sullivan posts this video: Violence Warning. Sullivan is creating a series (more here, here, and here). ...
A reader writes into Andrew Sullivan saying that the violence in Iran is entirely the work of...
The best sites to follow continue to be: Andrew Sullivan, Michal Totten, The Lede @NyTimes, and Nico...
So here’s Bill Maher doing this thing and directing it at Obama. I think it’s good that...
As an update to what I said yesterday, what might be happening in Iran is the first...
I appreciate Andrew Sullivan’s series of links on the Iranian election (both today and over the last...
— Now this is a fairly explosive one, and it should be stated up front that it...
If you are headed to Palau–where I spent 1 week of my life, 3 days of which...
On the new AmConMag blog Post-Right (which you should really read), Jack Ross writes: I’d like to...
I realize this is the editorial page of the neocon Washington Post, but I find this kind...
This NyTimes article on a local Pakistani villager uprising against the Taliban in NorthWest Frontier Province refers...
If you want to see two very acute minds (respectfully) duel with sharpened blades, then check out...
With the gangbusters opening of Hangover and the colossal box office failure of Land of the Lost,...
From the NyTimes: Celebrity philanthropy, rock ’n’ roll philanthropy, is no longer a novelty, but what Shakira...
3 Bananas. 1 Large Dollop of A) All Natural Peanut Butter and B) No Fat Plain Yogurt....
“[In the year 3,000] Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook will merge to create one super-giant time wasting website...
Full text of his speech here (h/t Andrew Sullivan, who if you check his site has a...