Apr 04,2009
A little weekend music: redemption edition
A nice palate-cleanser after this week’s debacle:
Apr 03,2009
Neocons: they’re not killers
My friend Chris Brose and our own Mr. Adesnik use the occasion of the recent Foreign Policy Initiative conference to inform us that if you invite neoconservatives over to your...
Apr 03,2009
Ward Churchill beats the system
Or something. Freddie hails a Denver jury’s decision that Ward Churchill was wrongly fired from his job at the University of Colorado. I’d like to leave aside the idea that...
Apr 03,2009
What’s a nice girl like you doing in a neocon place like this?
The Foreign Policy Initiative held its first public event on Tuesday, a conference entitled Afghanistan: Planning for Success. The FPI board of directors consists of Bob Kagan, Bill Kristol and...
Apr 02,2009
This must be one of those cosmopolitan elites I’ve been hearing about
I think Mr. Yglesias is a pretty smart guy, and his posts on Iran of late have been admirably sane, which makes his confused recent posts on national birthrates all...
Apr 01,2009
Bloggingheads TV: better than watching Don Draper, not as good as watching Omar
For those with any interest in Af-Pak, I highly recommend watching this dialog between Chris Brose and Spencer Ackerman (by the way, I find the hardass pose of that site’s...