By May 11,2009

Is progress evaporating in Iraq?

Gen. Petraeus explains the situation to Chris Wallace: WALLACE: There is also growing violence in Iraq, amid signs that the Iraqi government is dropping some of the counterinsurgency tactics that...

By May 11,2009

All girl’s basketball, all the time

JVL has posted a followup explaining in further detail why Malcolm Gladwell’s recent piece on Davids, Goliaths, and the full court press is so off: 5) As it happens, there are...

By May 11,2009

Defending Star Trek

A film that got positive reviews from 95% of the critics hardly needs any help from me. But I thought it was notable that a few prominent critics disliked what...

By May 07,2009

Obama, herald of change

In the words of the certainly-not-conservative Jeffrey Rosen, Barack Obama is trying to split the difference on torture. He wants to move forward–no messy dwelling on the Bush-Cheney era–except that...