The old (and good) Tom Friedman was on display in yesterday’s op-ed. The guy who knows and...
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.
Rod Dreher: On the other hand, it is also wrong to pretend that the Muslim religion had...
Breaking news of another shooting rampage. This (apparently) involved a disgruntled former worker. Just so awful.
Scott’s quickie on Andy McCarthy’s take on the tragic Ft. Hood shooting (hands up – anyone whose...
The HuffingtonPost today is chalk chock-full of Obama: What Happened? Bill Maher, Drew Westen, and Arianna herself...
Well, apparently not Abdullah Abdullah. Meanwhile. the second round of Afghan elections–which were called after much US...
Credit contraction dwarfs debt monetization, leaving us in a state of net contraction, even though we have...
A clarification. Kevin Drum and Andrew Sullivan both linked to my recent post re: The Pope’s recent...
As of this morning, yours truly is now a Permanent Resident of Canada. The card is styling...
You really should read Br. Will’s post on Ross Douthat’s recent op-ed. The comment thread is a...
Andrew Lee Butters has a really excellent piece in Time that tries to discern Iran’s thinking on...
Sully writes the following in the wake of the recent horrific bombing in Iraq: But the surge...
VP Smackdown: Asked about criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney, current VP Joe Biden had a...
Sully points us to a portion of a recent interview between (I’m not making this up) Hugh...
A Salami: The perfect blend of subtle irony, seriousness, futurism, and wonkhood. To wit, here’s Reihan in...
Part I here, Part II here. The Obama administration has proposed a very, very narrow objective, which...
For Part I here. So I’m breaking my own rules in this second post (a little bit). ...
This weekend I finally managed to have the time to sit down and watch this excellent PBS...
Speaking of Zimbabwe, here’s a short piece on its current political reality.
Br. Will sent me this link to a Small Wars Journal interview with Peter Godwin, a man...
