I’m not normally a declinist, gloom and doom-ism being the kissing cousin of the absurd optimistic teleology that has...
So it appears Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination for Commerce Secretary, signaling yet another blow to...
25 Random Things About Me by Martin Van Buren, CITIZEN of the REPUBLIC 1) Whilst campaigning for...
ED “Why Don’t You Sanction Me?” Kain promised a coming thread on protectionism a couple of days...
There is something remarkable and frightening about the fact that Avigdor Lieberman’s Party, Yisrael Beiteinu, came in...
I’m pretty curious, naturally, and I have some friends who (like myself) enjoy inflicting psychic distress on...
Freddie thinks that those (like Reihan) who are nervous about new so-called modest (or lowered) expectations should...
I lived in Vancouver, BC for two years and honeymooned there years later, but the extent of...
This is a Public Service Announcement: if you are really intent on exposing political enemies as liars,...
I think Reihan is right to be distressed, given his inclinations for Afghanistan, by the perceptible shift...
by Kyle Moore This may come as a surprise, but I’m not exactly prone to confrontation. While...
Mark raises an interesting point: Finally, I’d put an end to the concept of economic or diplomatic sanctions...
Alan Jacobs has some thoughts on the virtues and vices of blogging, vis a vis the seemingly...
Responding to E.D.’s post last week, Roque Nuevo wrote: “the world generally” agrees that national sovereignty, pluralism,...
I think we’re at eight inches so far, with another foot expected today, and Lord knows how...
I see Mssr. J. Schwenkler linked to and posted some of a recent Brian Beutler-Megan McArdle Bloggingheads...
The Fall of Rome by W.H. Auden The piers are pummelled by the waves; In a lonely...
Scott wonders again whether there isn’t a place for humanitarian intervention, or a sort of anti-imperialist version,...
A few thoughts on Freddie’s post below. First, I think $10/hour is a pretty reasonable wage for...
