From The New York Times: With Democrats reeling from the Republican victory in the Massachusetts special Senate election, President Obama on Wednesday signaled that he might be willing to set aside his goal of achieving...
With all the myriad commentary flying around about about the meaning of Scott Brown’s victory, it would help to remember that people who follow politics write about politics. This creates a bias whereby the...
Br. Erik writes an interesting riposte to Br. Poulos re: The Tea Partiers. Erik’s post is here, James’ here. Given that James is writing about the Tea Partiers, I think it’s fair to now...
Paul Krugman’s op-ed (for today) begins: Lately many people have been second-guessing the Obama administration’s political strategy. The conventional wisdom seems to be that President Obama tried to do too much — in particular,...
Following up on ED’s earlier post, here’s a smart observation from Derek Thompson at The Atlantic on the consequences of (an increasingly likely) Scott Brown victory in the Massachusetts special senatorial election (hint: the...
David Rothkopf, in what I (charitably) assume is supposed to be a political self-confession (complete with self-flagellation) on Haiti: In all its benighted history, perhaps Haiti’s greatest moment of hope since its independence came...
Goes to The “Unauthorized” Documentary of Matthew Gray Gubler. Gubler is best known as Dr. Reid, the nerdy super-genius profiler on Criminal Minds. Who knew he had such brilliant comic timing? These series of...
If you aren’t watching the Cardinals-Packers, you are missing one of the greatest playoff football games in history. The Packers have just tied the game at 45-45 (yes 45-45), after being, at one point,...
For those in the Western Christian Liturgical Calendar….Happy Epiphany. The Feast remembers The Wise Guys Men who came to visit the child Jesus. They represent the coming of The Gentiles into the Jewish tradition....
The New York Times has a preview of its upcoming magazine featuring Peter Barker’s article on counter-terrorism in the Obama Administration. There’s a great deal in there, but one of the leitmotifs is the...
YES!!!! Buckeyes played their greatest game since they won the National Championship in 2003 (maybe even better). Coach Tressel has finally learned and evolved about to take it to the next level. There is...
I’m live-tweeting OSU-Oregon on my twitter account. twitter.com/cdierkes
Marc Lynch, writing about the (non)coverage in the Arab press of the failed Detroit airplane bombing and its implications: The Arab media’s indifference to the story speaks to a vitally important trend. Al-Qaeda’s attempted...
I’ve been largely out of the loop for the last week, so there’s quite a bit to catch up on. A quick word on the attempted terrorist attack on the airliner in Detroit–and then...
I don’t always (often?) agree with Paul Krugman, but his column today hits the hammer on the head. Instead of progressives railing against Obama and his failure to get the public option in the...
Time has a piece today on climate change that discusses a small atoll called Ifalik in Micronesia. I spent one year of my life in Guam teaching Micronesians and was fortunate enough to spend...
Florida QB Tim Tebow (in)famously often wears eye strips with Biblical phrases on them during every game. For example, he’s worn John 3:16, Philippians 4:13, and Hebrews 12:1-2. During the recent SEC Championship, Tebow...
Here’s an interesting back and forth from the combox to ED’s post on climate change. (Found in comment thread #1). Kyle writes: I think – to some degree – you’re conflating two theories that...
Scott and I discussed the military and political side of it, here. By happenstance, today my Gmail tells me that prices are 70% off for flights on Afghan Airways just in time for the...
What with it being The Office and War on Christmas week here at The League, I thought I would respond to Jamelle’s post on the CHRIST-mas tree (which you should definitely check out). Now...
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